Roddin, rod′in, n. (Scot.) rowan-tree.
Rode, rōd, pa.t. of ride.
Rode, rōd, n. (Spens.) a raid, an incursion: also, a roadstead. [Road.]
Rodent, rō′dent, adj. gnawing: belonging to the Rodentia.—n. a rodent mammal.—n.pl. Roden′tia, an order of mammals including squirrels, beavers, rats, rabbits, &c. [L. rodĕre, to gnaw.]
Rodeo, rō-dā′ō, n. a gathering of cattle to be branded. [Sp., rodar, to go round—L. rotāre, to wheel.]
Rodge, roj, n. (prov.) the gray duck.—Also Radge.
Rodomel, rod′ō-mel, n. the juice of roses mixed with honey. [Gr. rhodon, rose, meli, honey.]
Rodomontade, rod-ō-mon-tād′, n. vain boasting, like that of Rodomonte in the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto (earlier Rod′omont).—v.i. to bluster or brag.—ns. Rodomontā′dist, Rodomontā′do (obs.).
Roe, rō, n. the eggs or spawn of fishes: a mottled appearance in wood, esp. mahogany.—adj. Roed, containing roe. [Ice. hrogn; Ger. rogen.]
Roe, rō, n. a species of deer, smaller than the fallow-deer: also the female of the hart.—ns. Roe′buck, the male of the roe, having usually one front antler and two hinder ones; Roe′buck-berr′y, the stone-bramble; Roe′-deer, a roebuck or roe. [A.S. ráh; Ger. reh, Dut. ree.]