rotest

A Middle English form of root1. rotect, v. A Middle English form of root2. rotella (rō-tel'ä), n.; pl. rotellæ (-ē). [ML., dim. of L. rota, a wheel: see rotal. Cf. rowel, from the same source.] 1. A disk; a round plate.-2. A round shield.-3. [ cap.] [NL.] A genus of gastropods of the family Rotellidæ, containing small polished highly colored shells, as R. sutural is.-4. Any member of this genus. Rotellidæ (rō-tel'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., rotent, a. A Middle English form of rotten1. rote-song (rōt'sông), n. A song to be taught by rote, or by frequent repetition to the learner, as a child before it is able to read. rot-gra (rot'grás), n. The soft-gra , Holcus lanatus and H. moll is; also, the butterwort, Pinguicula vulgar is, and the pennywort or penny-rot, Hydro cotyle vulgar is: so called as being supposed to cause rot in sheep. [Prov. Eng.] rotgut (rot'gut), n. and a. [ They overwhelm their paunch daily with a kind of flat rotgut; we with a bitter dreggish small liquor. Harvey . Rot - gut : cheap whiskey; the word occurs in Heywood's "English Traveller" and Add is on's "Drummer" for a poor kind of drink. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int. II. a. Injurious and corrosive: said of bad liquor. [Colloq. and low.] Then there's fuddling about in the public-house, and drinking bad spirits, and punch, and such rot - gut stuff. T. Hughes , School Days at Rugby, i. 6. rötheln (ré'teln), n. [G.] Same as rubella . rother1, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of rudder.