5. A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country. [Eng. Slang.]
Roadway
(Road"way`) n. A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages. Shak.
Roam
(Roam) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Roaming.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS.
arman to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. rmn to strive after, OHG. ramen. But the word
was probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo,
Sp. romero. Cf. Ramble.] To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to
wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house.
Chaucer.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.
Shak. Syn. — To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
Roam
(Roam), v. t. To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
Milton. Roam
(Roam), n. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
Milton.
Roamer
(Roam"er) n. One who roams; a wanderer.
Roan
(Roan) a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.]
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; — said of a horse.
Give my roan a drench.
Shak. 2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Roan antelope (Zoöl.), a very large South African antelope It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright
brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.
Roan
(Roan), n.
1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
2. A roan horse.
3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and
colored to imitate ungrained morocco. DeColange.
Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.
Roar
(Roar) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared ; p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. rarian; akin
to G. röhten, OHG. rrn. &radic112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a
lion or other beast.
Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
Spenser.
