Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . s on a pole or tree;to perch. — Rooster, n. The male of the domesticfowl, considered as the head of the roost; a cock. Root, root, n. (Bot.) That part of a plant, usuallyunderground, from whichit receives support andthrough ^which it imbibesnourishment from theearth, etc. An edible or es-culent root; that which re- g sembles a root as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . s on a pole or tree;to perch. — Rooster, n. The male of the domesticfowl, considered as the head of the roost; a cock. Root, root, n. (Bot.) That part of a plant, usuallyunderground, from whichit receives support andthrough ^which it imbibesnourishment from theearth, etc. An edible or es-culent root; that which re- g sembles a root as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; an ancestor or progenitor; an earlv race ; a word from which C—-^Jf-MVi Vsr—c other words are formed; a radical; cause or occasion by which anything is brought about. (Muth.^ That factor of a quantity which when multiplied root ; 6, b, into itself will produce that «• ^^^• quantity. That which resembles a root in position ; the lowest place, position, or part. — To enter the earth as roots ; to take root and begin to grow; to become firmly fixed or established.— To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earthf. Root. a, a, crown or head oirootleto am, fame, far, pass or opera, fare; Snd, eve, term; In, Ice; Odd, tone, dr: ROPE 355 ROUND to make deep or radical; to tear up by the root,eradicate, extirpate. —Sootlet, n. A radicle; a lit-tle root; a branch of a root. —Rooty, -I, a. Fullof roots. — Root, I, i. To turn up tne earth withthe snout, as swine; to fawn servilely. — v. t. Toturn up with the snout, as swine. Rope, rop, n. A large, stout, twisted cord, of not lessthan an inch in circumference; a row or string con-sisting of a number of things united ; in Eng., ameasure of length =6 2-3 yards. — v. i. [roped(ropt), To be formed into rope ; to bedrawn out or extend into a filament or thread, as aglutinous substance. —I, t. To draw by, or as by,a rope. — Ropy,-T, a. Stringy; adhes
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