rouelleguard (roelgard)

[F., a little wheel, See rowen . Rouen cro . A jewel, worn either as a brooch or as a pendant, or sometimes in the form of a pendant hanging from a brooch, composed of a somewhat elaborate piece of fretwork in the general shape of a cro , usually of gold. These cro es are often set with small crystals cut like diamonds, or with diamonds of small value, the stones and IMG:content-2508.png:[blocks in formation] Rouen duck. See duck2. Rouen pottery. See pottery. rouerie (rö ́è-rē), n. [F., Certain young English gentlemen from the age of fifteen to twenty. ape all sorts of selfishne and rouerie . Thackeray, Fitz-Boodle's Confe ions. rouet (rö-a'), n. [F. rouet, a little wheel, dim. of roue, a wheel: see rotal.] Same as rewet. rouge (rözh), a. and n. [ on, in her., one of the pursuivants of the Heralds' College of England. The name is taken from the red dragon, one of the supporters of the arms of Henry VII., and said to have been taken by him from the badge or device of some Welsh ancestor. II. n. 1. Any red cosmetic or coloring for the skin. There are many coloring matters used for this purpose. That obtained from the safflower, Cart ham us tinct or i us , is rather a stain than a paint, and is thought to be harmle to the skin. Rouge has been used at many epochs by women, and even by men. The custom was carried to a great extent in Europe in the eighteenth century, at which time, at least in court circles, there was little attempt at imitating the natural blush of the cheek, but the red was applied, as patches were, to produce a supposed decorative effect. Doth riotous laughter now replace Thy smile, and rouge , with stony glare, Thy cheek's soft hue? Matthew Arnold, Switzerland. To see the rouge and the powder on the face of a young woman still playing her part was one thing; to mark the traces of them on the vulgarized and faded countenance of one whose day was over was quite another. Mrs. Oliphant , Poor Gentleman, xl. 2. A scarlet, bright-crimson, or dark-red polishing-powder (peroxid of iron, sometimes intermingled with black oxid) made by a variety of proce es, and varying in color according to the mode of production. Common rouge is made by calcining iron sulphate (copperas), its color being lighter or darker according to the prolongation of the heating. The darker product is called crocus and the lighter rouge . A general name for both rouge and crocus is colcothar. A fine scarlet rouge used by jewelers for polishing gold and silver is made from iron oxalate either by calcination or precipitation. Rouge obtained from the sulphate of iron is much used for polishing gla , metals, and other hard substances. A polishing-powder for plate is a mixture of prepared chalk and fine rouge. - Jewelers' rouge. See jeweler and plate - powder. rouge (rözh), v.; pret. and pp. rouged, ppr. rouging. [ for rouge, intended to form part of a toilet-set. rouge-powder (rözh'pou"der), n. See rouge and plate - powder. Rouge's operation. An operation by which the upper lip and the lower part of the nose are cut away from the upper jaw, to aid in removing growths or necrosed bone from the nasal cavity. rouget (rö-zhā'), п. [ To investigate the disease known as swine fever, which is unfortunately prevalent in several counties at the present moment, with a view to ascertain the truth of the alleged identity of that disease and rouget . Daily Chronicle , Aug. 12, 1866. ( Encyc . Dict .) rough1 (ruf), a, and n. [ At the end of the file Irene noticed a gentleman clad in a perfectly-fitting rough travelling suit. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 4. 2. Not smoothed or formed by art; existing or left in a natural or an incomplete state; crude; unwrought; uneven; untrimmed: as, the rough materials of manufacture. She is very honest, And will be hard to cut as a rough diamond. Fletcher, Wife for a Month, iv. 2. 3. Rugged in form, outline, or appearance; harsh or unpleasing to the eye; irregular. A ropy chain of rheums; a visage rough , Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, x. Madame d'Hénin, though rouged the whole time with confusion, never ventured to addre a word to me. Mme . D'Arblay , Diary and Letters, IV. 284. II. in trans . 1. To use rouge, especially on the cheeks. Rouging and making-up [in a theater] are largely dependent upon the size of the house. The Century , XXXV. 539. 2. To become red; redden; blush. [Rare.] They all stared, and to be sure I rouged pretty high. Mme . D'Arblay , Diary and Letters, I. 228. rouge-berry (rözhʼber"i), n . A shrub, Rivina lævis (including R. humilis ), of tropical America, often grown in hothouses. It bears racemes of bright-red berries whose juice affords an evanescent scarlet color, used in the West Indies as a cosmetic. Also rouge - plant .