rotten, roten, rotun

[Icel. rotinn; Sw. rutten; Dan.raaden. ] I. Literally: 1. Putrid, decayed; decayed by the proce of decomposition; putrefied. "That ifke fruit [medlar] is even lenger the wers, Til it be roten in mullak, or in stre." Chaucer: C. Т. , 3,870. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; rotund i folious *2. Fetid, ill-smelling, stinking. "Reek of the rotten Jews."- Shakesp .: Coriolanus , iii. 3. 3. Unsafe or untrustworthy through age crdecay; as, a rotten plank. II. Figuratively : 1. Unsound, corrupt, deceitful, treacherous. "A rotten case abides no handling." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II ., iv. 1. 2. Untrustworthy; not to be trusted. 3. Defective through wear or exposure; not sound. "Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, v. 1. 4. Yielding beneath the feet; not sound or hard. "They were left moiled with dirt and mire, by reason of the deepne of the rotten way." -Knolles: History of the Turks.