Rot-gut, very small or thin Beer.
Rovers, Pirates, Wanderers. Vagabonds. To Shoot at Rovers, at Random. To Rove about, to wander idly up and down.
Rough, Unpolisht, Unmannerly, Uncouth. To lie Rough, in one's Clothes all Night.
Round-dealing, Plain, Honest Dealing.
Round-summ, a Lusty-Summ.
Round-heads, the Parliamentarian Party in the great Rebellion, that begun 1641.
Rout, (of Wolves) a Company.
Rouse, (the Buck) Disledge him.
Rawland-for-an-Oliver, to give as good as he brought.
Roysters, c. rude, Roaring Rogues.
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Rub, c. to Run away. A Rub, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, or Difficulty, Rub on, to Live indifferently. Rub'd off, c. Broke, and run away. Rub through the World, to Live Tolleraly well in it. Rubbers, Two (and sometimes Three) Games to make up; also a Rencounter with drawn Sword, and Reflections made upon any one. Rub-rub, us'd on Greens when the Bowl Flees too fast, to have it forbear, if Words wou'd do it. Rub-up, or refresh the Memory. Rub-up, or Scower Armour, &c.
Rubs us to the Whit, c. sends us to Newgate.
Ruby-face, very red.
Ruck, a Bumble, or Heap.
Rud, a small Fish with a forked Tail, between which and the Roach, there is much about the same difference, as between the Herring and the Pilchard.
