ROULEAU. A number of guineas, from twenty to fifty or more, wrapped up in paper, for the more ready circulation at gaming-tables: sometimes they are inclosed in ivory boxes, made to hold exactly 20, 50, or 100 guineas.
ROUND DEALING. Plain, honest dealing.
ROUNDHEADS. A term of reproach to the puritans and partizans of Oliver Cromwell, and the Rump Parliament, who it is said made use of a bowl as a guide to trim their hair.
ROUND ROBIN. A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board the king's ships, wherein their names are written in a circle, so that it cannot be discovered who first signed it, or was, in other words, the ringleader.
ROUND SUM. A considerable sum.
ROUND ABOUT. An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round piece about five inches in diameter out of a shutter or door.
ROUND MOUTH. The fundament. Brother round mouth, speaks; he has let a fart.
ROUT. A modern card meeting at a private house; also an order from the Secretary at War, directing the march and quartering of soldiers.
ROW. A disturbance; a term used by the students at
Cambridge.
ROW. To row in the same boat; to be embarked in the
same scheme.