633 / 868
n o
;\1
( 554 )
n
O S
!tOET.L ..\, in
bot.ny," r,on\ls or Ihe p, nlandria Olonogy–
ni.1
cl.lls.
T hc
1:0;0:1.1 is
(lIilnel·nl~ped;
lhe
lbglna
15
bifi J
~
ar.J
IIJ..: capt"ule is cy lillciri..:.d,
lnd
h.l!l (\Ve c(' lIs.
"rhe fpt:cics
are
(\\'0,
none
oC
thcm
natl"~·s
of
Urtl~¡n .
R OER, the n;¡me of t\Vo rivers in Ucrmnny. one: of which
rd~~s
0 0 I he
con ~ ncs
of
Hdl~,
ami falb ioto the RhlOe.
• lilde bclcl'l D uyfburg ; Ihe o,her rires in IRe duehy or
} .dirrs, and
r:tll~
inlO
tne
MJefe:tt Roermond .
R OGA.•
in
a n[iq~¡t y.
:\ prcfcQt
which lhe cmperors made
to the:: fcnalors. magillr.Hes, and eren
to
the people; and
lhe p¡' pcs or patriarchs
lO
lheiT clcrgy.
Thd"~
n'g:e were diflril u:ed
by
lhe
emperors
0 0
the fir(t
day of
lhe
year. on the; r
~irth
d:\y,
or on
lhe
natahs dies
of lhe eitíes; and
by
lhe popes and p.atriarcl15, in
paHion~
we~k .
Rog' is .Ifo ufed ror Ihe eommon p' y of the foldiers .
R OG :\ T ION , in Ihe Rom.n· jUl'ifplu cience, • demaod
maJe
by
the \ conful s or tribunes of (he Roman people.
when::. law \Vas propofed ro be p,,(fed. Rogatio is
airo
ured ror Ihe deeree ilfelr mado in eonrequenee of Ihe
peoples giving their ¡JTent
t O
this demand,
tO
dtfl:nguifh
it
from a
ren,Hus.confultum,
or deeree of (he
renate.
R
OG AT
I O~ \~
E
F.
K. lhe
week immediately preceding \Vhit.
[unday. fo e.lled rrom Ihe Ihree rano therein ,
00
Moo·
day, Tuefday , and \Vednefday, whieh are airo ealled
rogalíans, or ragu ian
days,
from
the extraordina ry
prayers aod rdpplications
al
this
lime
ofrered
10
Gvo
by
de,oul Chrinians
10
appe.fehis aoger and deprcealC his
judgmenlS.
R OGUE. in law. ao idle nurdy beggar ; who by ancienl O.·
IUles is ror Ihe firO offence called , rogue or Ihe
fidl
degree,
• nd punifhed by whipp'ng,.nd boring lhruugh Ihe griOle oí
fhe right ear wlth a hOl iron ;
and
(or lhe (econd offc:nce,
is tcrmed a regue of lhe fccond degree. anct,
ir
aboye
eighteen years of
ase,
ordered
la
be execllted as a felon.
'ROH.'\ N,
a towo of
France, in
lhe
pro\"ince of
fjri tany,
fit uated twenly
miles nonh of Vannes.
JtOLL, in manuraélories, forn«hing \Vound aod folded up
in a cylindrical form,
R OLL,
in law, fignil1es a fchedule ar parchment which m;¡,y
be rolled up by Ihe
h.ndinlo the form of. pipe.
.Mrlji<r.RoLL,
Ihal in whicb are enlered the foldiers of
eVt!ry troop. company. regimento
&c.
ROL1.. S.Off lC E:
is an aRice in rbancery. lane,
L ondan,
appoinled for Ihe cullody of the rolls and records in
chance ry.
.
R o1..1..s
()f
parliclII:nt ,
are
lhe manurcript I'egillers, orrolls
ofthe proceedings
of
our ancient parl iaments, which. be_
fare
th~
inventi?n af printing, were all engrofTed on ponch–
ment,
:l.Odprocld.:med openly in every cannty . In ,hefe
rolls are
¡,Ifo
containeJ a great m;¡,ny dccifions of ddllc\llt
poinu of
lJ.w,
which were frequt!ntl y in farmer times re–
ferred
to
lhe
decilion of that high
court.
R aL1..,
or
R OL LER,
is alfo a píece of wood , iron. brafs.
&c.
of a cy lindrical formo ufed in the conHru\.'lion of
feveral machines. and in ft.:veral works
and
m:tnuf.'élurcs.
R OIVI.'\N, in general, rOlllelhing belonging
10
Ihe cily of
Rome. See R o
M
F. •
K illg
o[
,h(
ROM
AlU,
in modern hirtllry, is a prince clec·
let! tO he
(utcdlo r
to the rcignin,!.!
emperor
of
Gtrm.tny.
.ROM' '\NCE .
in
m:lu ers of liter.. turc, a
f..
bulous rdwun
of cen ain advt:nt llres dcligul:J fo r the cntt:rtainmt:nt ;tnd
i~Oruélioo
of lhe ...
ders.
T he [rue: nature and genlline char:lélcrifiics cf this fp!–
cíes of \Writing are
exccll~ntly
cxpl..tincd
by
[he
i n&eniou~
3Ulhor of the Ramblcr
j
whoobf~r ves ,
th ...
t
[he works of
fiélion, Wilh WhlCh the prefent general ion ftems
more
pan iculady deli¡:htcd, are fuch as exhibir Itfe in
its
tru:
íLtre,
d,ver-r. ~ec1
only
by
the accidenu that daily h.tppen
inIhc \Vorld, and influenced by thofe paffion:> and qualtties
wlJ\ch :ue redil)'
tO
be fouod in coovel
fing
with
nldnkind.
R OMAN IA, Ci
province
of the
pope', territories
in
It,¡ly,
including [he Bolognefe and r't:rrCirefe. See Ha
1..
o
GN '"
and
FERRA&A .
R OM A S lA
I
is alf,) the modero n:\me of ancient T brace,
wh,ch now make,c; a province of Turky in Europe ; Iying
wellward o( the Propontis,
petw.cen
the Euxine fea and
the Archi pel:tgo.
ROM E,
the::
capital
of the pnpe's territories and of
lu ly,
and
anciently (he
mifhefs
of
the
Roman Empire :
E .
JOD.
13
0
N.
1".4 1. 45'.
R~1me
is /bU a I.trge and fine cityIthough not to
be
com·
pared to aneit nt Rome; the a reets are (pacious
t
aod
n"~gnificently
bullt;
it has
five
bridges ayer lhe T iber,
IWt:llty ga· l s. lhree
hundrcd
chu rches. and a van numher
of palaces, convents. triuOlphal arches, piUilrs, obclllk",
llatues,
theatres.
6c.
ROMNEY, a borough rown of Kenl,
a.ndone or Ihe
cinque ports. fiwaled twelve miles fouth-wdl of D over.
l t ft'nds
l\VO
membe.rsto
parl iament.
RO~IPEE,
or ROMPU , in heraldry, i. applied lo ordin.–
ries
that
are reprefented as broken , and
tO
chevrons,
bends,
or
the like, whofe: upper poion
are CUt
off .
See
PI... CX L
~II.
lig.
1
J.
RON DE LE
rr A,
in bOlany, • genus or Ihe peAlandri•
monogyni. ciar.. T he eorolla is runoel fhaped: aQd ,he
caplult!-has
tWO
cells, containing mllny round
coronated
feeds
The.reare
t\VO
fpecies. Done
of
them nati'fes
Oí
Bf't;:un.
ROO D, a quantilYor I. nd equallo ror<y rquare perches,
or rhe
foun~
pan of
an acre.
ROOF, In arehlleflu re, Ihe uppermon par< of a building.
St'('
-\'RCH IT EC1' U RE,
p.
361.
ROOK, '" ,'rni,hology
See C ORVU • .
Rüü.Nf,
a chamber,
p.uIOl~r,
Of otherapanment, in a honre .
Sle
'\RCH I TECTURE ,
p.
3,9.
ROO
r,
"nI'lng
botandh.
denutes
lhat part of a
plant which
im,)II'I., Ihe nutlitiollS juicl's of
,he eanh , aod
tranfnHts
thr-m
10
th~
<.other
parts.
S·.:e
A C 1tI C ULT URE _
p.
4' ·
R ooT,
In
<tlgt-br:l ;tnd <tTlthn:etick
See
ALCEB RA .
p. 84 '
(tu
Ciod
AR IT HMF TICK,
p.
4'0.
ROPE,
hl..mp. h;ur 6 c (pu o out ioto a thick yArn, and
then feverill
n
I" ~SO+
r' ,s y,Hn
:will<d togt'therby means
of a v.·he.:1. ,,,,1h(''1 mOlde
Vt!fy
fmall, it is called
¡
corJ,
;¡ n~.
when
very IhlCk,
~
coable
ROP E V..
\ RN.
ilmongfdllors.
is theyarn of anyropeuntv.·i:1.
ed,
but
cnnhllMdy OlaJe up of jlJnki. ílS ufe is tOm¡ke
¡¡n!lel.
mals
¿'c,
ROSA, in
110I,t", .
a p'cnus of lhe icorandria polygami;¡
rhf"
The p.e!
d~
;'In:
ove;
du:
cd lix has fi \'e
t!dhy
fer.ments ;
:\nd ,he:
rce,ls
.¡re numerou:;. rough.
and
¡nfen,co iota {he
interior fi dt· of the cahx . T here ¡¡ re 14 fp("c,es, 11\-e of
thcl11 n:ni" 1
~
01 llrll ai n,
d=.
!he
egldnteriJ,
or fw.:et briar;
Ihe
fp; nofiOinu . or burnet role!; Ihe
arv~
nlis, or \, hite·
n'H\'t'red
du!!s.r('(e;
the
\'IlIof.\.
or
apple. rJ(e ;
anJ Ihe
caniml
J
or red
now~red
dogs -rOrl', or hip tree.
ROS.\·