Chapter Ringworm to Rook of R by Soule's Synonymes

Rockling, n. Whistle-fish, sea-loach (Motella vulgaris).

Rock-maple, n. Sugar-maple (Acer saccharinum).

Rock-milk, n. Calc-tuff, agaric mineral.

Rock-oil, n. Petroleum, rock-tar, mineral oil, naphtha, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil, stone oil.

Rock-rose, n. Frost-wort, frost-weed (Helianthemum Canadensis).

Rock-salt, n. Common salt (as found in mines), mineral salt.

Rock-tar, n. See Rock-oil.

Rock-wood, n. Ligniform asbestos.

Rocky, a.

1. Hard, stony, flinty.

2. Obdurate, stubborn, hard.

Rod, n.

1. Twig, shoot, slender stem.

2. Wand, slender stick, cane.

3. Switch, scourge, birch, cudgel.

4. Pole, perch.

5. Shoot, branch (of a family), tribe, race.

6. Wand, sceptre.

Rodent, a. Gnawing.

Rodent, n. Gnawer.

Rodentia, n. pl. Gnawers, rodents.

Rodomont, n. Braggart, bully, bombastic fellow, vain boaster, braggadocio.

Rodomontade, n. Blustering, bluster, boasting, bragging, rant, vain-glory, gasconade.

Rodomontade, v. n. Boast, brag, bluster, rant, swagger, gasconade.