[ Rowste], sb. voice, WA.—Icel. raust.
[ Rowt], sb. a stunning blow, S2, B; rout, B.
[ Rowte], sb. noise, snoring, CM.
[ Rowten], v. to make a great noise, to bellow, to snore, H, S2, S3, Prompt.; routen, B, CM, JD, SD; rowtande, pr. p., roaring, noisy, S2; routte, pt. s., PP; rutte, PP; routit, S2.—AS. hrútan, to snore.
[ Royle], v. to rove about, Manip.; roile, HD, PP; roule, PP. Notes (p. 94), CM.—OF. roiller, roller (Ducange), AF. rouler; Late Lat. rotulare. See [Rowle].
[ Royle], sb. a stumbling horse, S3, PP. Notes (p. 94); oblongula mulier, Manip.
[ Royn], sb. scurf; as adj., rough, scurfy, S3.—OF. roigne (Cotg.); Lat. robiginem, rust, scab.
[ Roynish], adj. scabby, ND, Sh.; roinish, HD.
[ Royster], sb. a bully, swaggerer, saucy fellow, S3; roister, ND. Comb.: roister-doister, S3 (p. 262).—OF. rustre, royster, swaggerer (Cotg.), also roiste (Ducange), ruiste (BH), ruste; Lat. rusticum, a countryman.