Note: The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such a forgery was published, to the detriment of James K. Polk, a candidate for President, purporting to be an extract from the "Travels of Baron Roorbach."
ROOSA OIL
Roo"sa oil`.
Defn: The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass.
ROOST
Roost, n.
Defn: Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ROOST
Roost, v. t.
Defn: See Roust, v. t.
ROOST Roost, n. Etym: [AS. hrost; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.]
1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together. At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.