Part 690 (1/2)

ROIK, _s._ A rock.

_Douglas._

_To_ ROIP, _v. a._ To sell by auction.

V. ~Roup~.

ROIS, ROISE, _s._ A rose.

_Douglas._

ROISS.

V. ~Roif~.

_Bannatyne P._

ROIST, _s._ A roost.

_Kennedy._

ROYSTER, _s._

1. A freebooter.

_Buchanan._

L. B. _Rustarii_, the same with _Rutarii_, freebooters who committed great devastation in France, in the eleventh century; O. Fr. _rustre_, a ruffian; _ruster-ie_, brigandage, devastation.

2. A dog, apparently of the bull-dog species.

_Cleland._

_To_ ROYT, _v. n._ To go about idly, S. B.

Su. G. _rut-a_, discurrere, vagari.

ROYT, _s._ Perh. rambling fellow.

_Polwart._

ROK, _s._ Perhaps, a storm.