robbin3 (robin)

An occasional spelling of robin1. rob-Davyt, n. See rob - o - Davy . robel (rob), n . [ robe , roo be , robe , rob be , reube , F. robe , a robe, = Pr. rauba = Cat. rob a = Sp. ropa = Pg . roup a = It. rob a , dre , merchandise, goods, ML. rauba , spoil, roub , robbery, breakage, MHG. roup , robbery, booty, spoil, garment, G. raub = D. roof = OS. rof = AS. reaf , spoil, clothing, Icel. rauf , spoil: see reaf and reave . Cf. robl.] 1. A gown or long loose garment worn over other dre ; a gown or dre of a rich, flowing, or elegant style or make. A womman wortheli yclothed,.. Hire robe was ful riche of red scarlet engreyned, With ribanes of red golde and of riche stones. Piers Plowman (B), ii. 15. 2. An official vestment; a flowing garment symbolizing honor, dignity, or authority. The robes of a judge do not add to his virtue; the chiefest ornament of kings is justice. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 20. Thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod. undeservedly Ex. xxix. 5. I am sorry one I esteemed ever the first of his robe should Penn, To Dr. Til lots on. 3. Any garment, apparel in general; dre ; costume. Bion . Petruchio is coming in a new hat and an old jer Tra . [To Petruchio.] See not your bride in these unreverent robes . Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 114. kin, a pair of old breeches thrice turned. Say, have you got no armour on? Have you no under robe of steel? Duel of Wharton and Stuart (Child's Ballads, VIII. 262). 4. Hence, that which covers or invests; something resembling or suggesting a robe. Here and there a tall Scotch fir, completely robed in B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 117. snow. The elms have robed their slender spray With full-blown flower and embryo leaf. O. W. Holmes, Spring has Come. II. in trans. To put on a robe or robes; a ume official vestments: as, the judges are robing ; the clergy robed in the vestry. robe2 (rob), n. An abbreviation of arroba . robe-de-chambre (rob-dė-shom'br), Π. robe , robe; de , of; chambre , chamber.] 1. A dre ing-gown or morning dre , whether for men or for women-the exact signification varying with the fashion and habits of the day. -2+. A dre cut in a certain negligée style: thus, a robe- de - chambre is mentioned as worn at a party in 1732.