Rob, rob, n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar. [Fr.,—Sp.,—Ar. robb, purified syrup of boiled fruit.]
Robalo, rob′a-lō, n. a fish of the genus Centropomus. [Sp.,—L. labrus—Gr. labrax.]
Robbin, rob′in, n. a short piece of spun-yarn to fasten the head of a sail: the spring of a carriage: the package in which spices, &c., are exported from the East Indies.
Robe, rōb, n. a gown or outer garment: a dress of dignity or state: a rich dress: a dressed skin: the largest and strongest tobacco-leaves: the early form of the chasuble.—v.t. to dress, clothe.—v.i. to assume official vestments.—ns. Robe′-de-cham′bre, a dressing-gown; Robe′-māk′er, a maker of official robes; Rob′ing, the act of putting on ceremonious apparel: a trimming on women's garments; Rob′ing-room, a room in which those wearing official robes, as lawyers, &c., put them on.—Master of the robes, an officer having the charge of the sovereign's robes; The robe, or The long robe, the legal profession. [Fr. robe, robbe; from Old High Ger. raup (Ger. raub), booty.]
Roberd, rob′ėrd, n. the chaffinch.
Robertsman, rob′ėrts-man, n. a stout robber.—Also Rob′erdsman.
Robin, rob′in, n. the Rob′in-red′breast, a well-known and widely-spread singing bird of the family Sylviidæ, with a reddish-orange breast: the red-breasted thrush of North America: the sea-robin or red-breasted merganser: a trimming in front of a dress.—ns. Rob′in-breast, the robin-snipe; Rob′in-dip′per, the buffle-headed duck; Rob′inet, a chaffinch: a little robin: a tap; Rob′in-Good′fellow, the English name of a domestic spirit or brownie, described as the offspring of a woman and Oberon, king of the fairies: an elf or fairy generally, Puck; Rob′in-run-in-the-hedge, the ground-ivy: the bed-straw; Rob′in-snipe, the red-breasted sandpiper; Rob′in's-rye, the hair-cap moss. [A familiar form of Robert; cf. Jack-daw, Mag-pie.]
Robinia, rō-bin′i-a, n. a genus of leguminous trees and shrubs—the Locust-tree, the False Acacia, Thorn Acacia, often simply Acacia. [From the Paris gardener Jean Robin (1550-1629).]
Roble, rō′bl, n. one of the white oaks of California. [Sp.,—L. robur, oak.]
Roborant, rob′or-ant, adj. giving strength.—n. a strengthening medicine.—adj. Robō′reous, like oak, strong. [L. roborāre, to strengthen.]