Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . sting together. —V. i. To sit, rest, or sleep, as birds 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, 11. (Bat.) 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- ^ __sembles a root as a sou
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . sting together. —V. i. To sit, rest, or sleep, as birds 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, 11. (Bat.) 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- ^ __sembles a root as a sourceof nourishment or support;that from which anythingproceeds as if by growth ordevelopment; an ancestoror progenitor ; an e a r 1 vrace ; a word from which C—other words are formed;a radical; cause or occasionby which a n y t h i n g isbrought about. (Math.)That factor of a quantitywhich when multipliedinto itself will produce thatquantity. That which resembles a root in position ;me lowest place, position, or part. — To enterthe earth as roots ; to take root and begin to grow;to become firmly fixed or established. — v. t. Toplant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth?. Root. a, a, crown or head ot flroot ; b, b, rootlets ;c, Cj fibers. am, fame, far, pass or opera, fare; end, eve, term; Yn, Ice ; Sdd, tone, 6r: ROPE 355 ROUTTD to make deep or radical; to tear up bv the root,eradicate, extirpate. —Rooflet, n. A radicle; a lit-tle root; a branch of a root. — Rooty, -T, a. Fullof roots.— Root, V. i. To turn up the earth withtlie 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 = (i yards. — t». i. [roped(ropt), To be formed into rope ; to bedrawn out or extend into a filament or thread, as aglutinous substance. — v. t. To draw
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