Defn: Quality of being ropy; viscosity.
ROPISH
Rop"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat ropy.
ROPY
Rop"y, a.
Defn: capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
ROQUE
Roque (rok), n. [Abbr. fr. Croquet.]
Defn: A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots. The balls are 3¼ in. in diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 3 3/8 in. wide, the other arches 3½ in. wide.
ROQUEFORT CHEESE; ROQUEFORT
Roque`fort" cheese, or Roque`fort", n.
Defn: A highly flavored blue-molded cheese, made at Roquefort, department of Aveyron, France. It is made from milk of ewes, sometimes with cow's milk added, and is cured in caves. Improperly, a cheese made in imitation of it.
ROQUELAURE Roq"ue*laure, n. Etym: [F.; so called after Duc de Roquelaure, in the reign of Louis XIV.]