rosterlt

An obsolete form of roaster. roster2 (ros'tėr), n. [Also dial. royster, an inventory; monly supposed to be a corruption of register1.] 1. In the British and the United States regular armies, a list showing the turn or rotation of service or duty of those who relieve or succeed each other; specifically, a military list or reg is ter showing or fixing the rotation in which individuals, companies, or regiments are called into service. - 2. In Ma achusetts and Connecticut, a list of the officers of a division, brigade, regiment, etc., containing, under several heads, their names, rank, corps, place of abode, etc. These are called division rosters, brigade rosters, regimental or battalion rosters. Bartlett.-3. Hence, any roll, list, or register of names. [Colloq.] rosterite (ros'ter-it), п. A variety of beryl of a pale rose-red color, found in the granite of the island of Elba, Italy. rostlet, n. [Appar. an error for * rostre, Vectis rostratus, a barre or leaver with an iron point or end; a rostle . Nomenclator , 1585. ( Nares .) rostra, n. Latin and New Latin plural of rostrum . rostral (ros'tral), a . [= F. rostral = Sp. Pg. rostral = It. rostrale , rostral is , rostrum , a beak, snout: see rostrum .] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a rostrum. -2. In zoöl .: ( a ) Of or per- taining to a rostrum in any sense; rostellar; rostriform. (b) Having a rostrum or beak of this or that kind; rostrate: usually in composition with a qualifying epithet: as, lamelli- rostral , longirostral , fi irostral , conirostral, cultrirostral, curvi- rostral, rectirostral, dentiros- tral, recurvirostral, pre iros- tral , tenuirostral , serratirostral , etc. See the compounds. Thus for a day or two in the chick there are two "bas i-temporal" and one rostral center. Nature, XXXVII. 501. Rostral channel or canai, in the Hemipter a , a hollow on the lower surface of the thorax, in which the rostrum is received. Rostral column, a column in honor of a naval triumph: it was ornamented with the rostra or prows of ships (whence the name). Rostral Column, Grand Opera, Paris. crown ). rostrular The monuments of their admirals... are adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments, with beautiful festoons of seaweed, shells, and coral. Add is on, Thoughts in Westminster Abbey. Rostral groove or furrow, a groove or furrow on the lower surface of the body of a weevil, in which the rostrum is received in repose or when the insect feigns death. Its extension and form (shallow or deep, open or closed be hind, etc.) are of great use in the cla ification of these insects. Rostral sheath, in Hemipter a, a jointed organ formed by an extension of the labium, and deeply grooved = on its upper surface for the reception of the needle-like mandibles and maxillæ: generally simply called rostrum. rostrate (ros'trāt), a. [= F. rostré Sp. Pg. rostra do = It. rostra to, 1. trum , a beak: see rostrum .] Furnished or adorned with beaks: as, rostrated galleys.-2. In bot., beaked; having a proce resembling the beak of a bird.-3. In conch., having a beak-like extension of the shell, in which the canal is situated; canaliculate; rost rifer ous. See cuts under murex and Rostel lari a.-4. In entom., provided with a rostrum or snout-like prolongation of the head, as the weevils; rhynchophorous. rostrated (ros'trā-ted), a. [ IMG:content-2490.png:[merged small][ocr errors] proper name of the genus usually called Rhyn chæa (Cuvier, 1817), and the type of the subfamily Rostratulinæ.