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_Burns._
ROUTHLESS, _adj._ Profane, Fife.
E. _ruthless_ used in a particular sense.
ROUTHURROK, _s._ The bernacle goose, Orkn.
_Leslie._
Isl. _hrota_, bernacla.
_To_ ROW, _v. a._
1. To roll.
_Douglas._
2. To elapse.
_Douglas._
3. To revolve.
_Id._
_To_ ~Row About~, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.
ROWAN, ROWING, _s._ A flake of wool, S.
_Edin. Encycl._
_To Cast a Rowan_, to bear an illegitimate child.
_Gl. Sibb._
ROWAN, _s. Auld rowan_, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.
_Philotus._
Germ. _rune_, Su. G. _runa_; _al-runa_, or _alte-runa_, mulier fatidica.
ROWAN, _s._ A turbot, Fife.
_Stat. Acc._
ROWAR, _s._ A moveable wooden bolt; q. a _roller_.
_Wallace._
ROWY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.
_Bannatyne P._
ROWKAR, _s._ A whisperer, a tale-bearer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Zeland. _roeck_, delator, Alem. _ruog-en_, to defame.
_To_ ROWME, ROUME, _v. n._ To roam.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ruman_, Belg. _ruym-en_, diffugere.
_To_ ROWME, _v. a._
1. To clear.
_Wyntown._
2. To enlarge.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _ruym-en_, vacuare; ampliare.
3. To place.
_Keith._
Germ. _raum-en_, in ordine disponere.
~Rowme~, ~Roume~, _s._
1. s.p.a.ce.
_Wyntown._
