ROWPORT
Row"port, n. (Naut.)
Defn: An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.
ROXBURGH
Rox"burgh (; Scot. , n. Etym: [From the third duke of Roxburgh
(Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound.]
Defn: A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.
ROY
Roy (roi), n. Etym: [F. roi.]
Defn: A king. [obs.]
ROY
Roy, a.
Defn: Royal. [Obs.] Chapman.
ROYAL Roy"al, a. Etym: [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]
1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.