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ROS:\CEOUS,
amons bot:\nifi!',
:111
:-Pl'db'ion
Ai\'cn
lo
[uch
flOw'crs
as
:ue
C'HllrufcJ o,. ft'n:r.11 p. IO\ls or le;¡vt's.
difro(.:d in a
(01
t
of clrculJr
Íor:ll,
J¡I~~
thoCe cf lhe
f U(;:,
R OS-\RY,
~mong
the
Rom:l.r:-c:\thol:cs. Ser
CHAI",. ET.
ROSC:O:l I~ION,,,
eountyof' l r,(tod, bonodcd by L etri :u
00 lh(' nonh . anJ
G
ll\V;~y
011
tI!\.
IOUlh.
ROSE, io
~o,any.
See
RC' ~ A .
R 0 5t· NOD I.[ ,
an
aneienl
}·.ngl;fll
gola-coin,
fidl nrutk
in
Ihc 'reigu of Ed''!''ard
JlI.
It
\VdS
fonn( rly
currenl
ilt
65
R
d. 3nd íCl
call~d
b:cau f..:
n
d.nl~eu
·.\'Ilh a rof\!.
ROS~l t\ RI
US, in botan)'. a ricnlls of lhe diAndria mn–
nor.ynia el.l(s .
1'hc
COf:>lIJ
j(;
l:n..:C]u
ti,
,1Od lhe upper
lip
of
it
is
fplit
iota two
fqrnena;
t he
tilamcnu
are
lonJ~1
croekeo, and Gmplt'. T h..:re is
bUI
une [Fecies,
vir..
Ihe
offi":loalis.
él
n:ui \,t!of Srain.
Rofennry
IS
a very \'AluÓlbJe
ccph ...
lic, and is good
in
al! diforcl<:rs of {be nerres. and in hyHcl"ic ano hypochon·
d riac direares. l t is gooJ in pall,es, .popl<xl<s, ep,lep·
tieso and ,·ertiti0cs.
R O SI ENNE.
a
town or S.01ogitia, in Pul. nd : E. long.
23° 30', N. lat.
55° 50'.
R OS IN . Seo R ESlN .
R OSS, a eount y of Seod and, boltnd. d by Sutl>erland on
t he nonh,
by
the G ermoln fea a.oel the Murray fr ith 00
lhe e;¡:1l: aod fOllth , and
by
In verntf~· (hire
and the weUern
ocean on the rC'uth and
wtCl.
R os , il .llfo a
mark~t. town,
fituated on the rive r
' Vye,
. elf'\'f'n miles Cou th of
Herelotd,
R OSS E , a port· town of ltelJOd, twemy.two miles wefl of
K
ior.le.
R OS.SOL/S,
' OS . DEW,
an agreeable rpirituo". liquor,
compofed ofburot brandy,
rug.lr,cinllamon,
and mllk·wa·
ter; and romctimes perfur.'Icd with
d
hule mtJP.<:
jt
is
fo
e. lled, as beiog
al
firfl prepdred
It
holly of the JUlce
01'
the
pla m ros. foli5, or
drorc:ra~
S 'e D IlOSEK A
R OSTOCK , . n imperial clly ,.f Lo"'« S.,xon.y. fatuaten
on abayof theBal tielea: E . long tl ° ' q',and . Iat,
54° 20'.
ROST OF , or R OSTOVA, .he copital of. territory of the
Carne name, in R uffi .J: E Ion. 40°, and N. lal. 57°
'lO'.
ROSTRA, in an,iquity, • part of the Rom.", f.rum,
whereln
orati~ns,
pleadings,
funeral
hd.rangues,
rbc.
were d(;livere:d.
R OSTR UM , lirerally deootes the b..
k
or bill of • bird ;
and he nce
it
has
1J~c:n
ligurativeJ)'
apph~d
lO the beak, or
heod of. (hip.
R OSYCR UCl ANS, R OSlCRU CIAN S. or
brOlh.·r¡ 01 ,h,
rofi
"'"ji ,
a name a{i'umed by a retl or cabal
01'
hermeti·
cal philolophers, who appcuecl, or iU
le"n
were lidl Ca·
kco notice uf, in Gam;¡ny,
in the beginomg of lht XVlth
century . Thc:y preft'ndcd
lO
be ma!tels of all
f~ienl.:es ,
and 10 ha\'e
m:\ny
imponant
recre.ts, PdniculoHly lhdt of
Ihe philurophers f1 one.
Their rociety i. frc'luendy dcnoted by theaborevialur..
F.R·e.
ROT,
a dife3fe ¡ncident lO fhcep, arifing from wet fl!':tfons,
f\nd too OlojCl paHure.
It
is a
\'ery
han! thinn
tU
pr cn. Ol
the. rot, if
¡he
yCilr
prove v.:ry wet ,
d pc..clillly
in
l-01a,
anri j olne.
SAIt·rnarfh~s,
And I.mds wherC! broolO gro\Vs,
are lhe beO places of prt fcrvation for lhem. Shccp :\re
fell1H::timc5 alJ
cle~red
uf lhe rOl, w}- en nOl
too
fu gone
V OL.
Ul N0 92.
,\oid,
it,
only byrclnoving Ihc:n ioto broom
~I.!!d't. S-=:J:-'~'r
gr aC$,
Ol~nald,
padl2y, and ;.hylTIe, ale; ..
1(0
g('od (ur
lile
rrl'v~ntion
of
iL
ROTA, lhe n3me of <ln ecc1cfiani::d
tourt
:U
Rome,
('{"H·
p~I~c1
of
t
"1('1
v
o::
prcLltcs, whcl cc,f
(1\1'!
mu!i be
~
(j1!r;¡pn.
ano\hcr a FrencllOl.m, ;\nd
IW(,
$pa,.i3Ids; lh:: (, I:".'r
Cli:h't
are h alians.
t hr~e
of whom muft be Romans , ;1nrl lh ' ".
ther (¡vea Uolognc:rc, a Farar;¡n,
do
l\ld.tncfe, a
V\.'nl~
tI.tn,ami a
TUrCim.
Thisis on'! of themorl aucufl
tr;bl)~:lisinR ('Imc~
wh;ch
takes cogniz.,nce of all
(UlIS 10 Ihe
tl..'rntury of
I
lit!
cJUl1
d "
by 1ppc.d
j
élS
d.\(u
or aH maltcrs b-:nclit:¡Ary and patri.
memlitl .
ROT ATlON , in geolllltry. :\ tcrrn chjdiy arplit.:J 10 Ihe
circunlvolution of
any fUI
fncc
round .1fixcd and immov..:.
at: le line, which is crdled lhe
axi~
o:
ilS rot;uion: and
by
fuch rotations it is, that folios are concciveu 10 be gene–
ralt!d
ROTH F.R.~M,.
rnarket·townofyorkOtire,
35
miles foutn·
wcl1
·,f
Y
nrk.
ROTHSAY. a p" li.menl.town of Scod and, in the ifle of
Hmc:
\V
long. S(\ . and N. la.t. 5So 50' .
ROTON DO. or
R O'ru NDO,
in
ardlltt!éture,
an appclbaion
givcn tO any hUlldlng thí!.t is fOllnd bOlh withio and with–
out fide, wÍlerher
It
be
a
church,
a
(alon, or
Ihe
)¡ke.
T he OloH celebrated rOlondo of lhe an..iems, is (he pan·
theon al Rfllne.
ROTTENNESS. See PU TRE ...CTl ON.
ROTl'E RDAM, • city of the provinre of
HolI.nd, fa tua·
leJ on lhe
north
bank of lhe
!vracft",
thlrl Ymile.s
fotllh
of
Amllerd.m, antÍ th"'teen miles routh·eafl of th< H ague:
E .
long.
4°20',
andN. lat .
p O.
ROTU L A, in aoatomy. See AN ATOM V,
p. 18, .
RO r UNDUS, in anatomy, a n. me given
10
revcral muf·
cles, otherwire called teres .
ROUEN, a eity of Franee, and eapilal of Norm,ndy, fa·
tuated on the north fiJe of (he Scyne, lixt y.five miles
nOllh of París, ftnd forty-nve miles fOUlh-CÓlfl of Hn're
de G raee and the Britirh ehannel :
E.
loog.
,o
6', N.
lal.
>\ 9° 30'.
R OV IGO, the capital of the Polefao de ROI'igo, in l taly,
rubjetl tOVeniee :
E.
long. t
2° 2,',
N. lat
45° 6'.
R OUN D . Hou'E, a kind of priron. for the nlghtly "'atch
111
L ondon to feeure dirorderly perfons, till th, y eao
be
c.uricd before
a
magiflrate .
R O V ND - HOV SE,
in
~
nl:p.
theuppermoO room,
or cabbin,
orl
,he (tern
of
a
01ip where lhe mítf1er I¡cs.
ROU N DEL:'\Y,
í\
klnd of aDcil!nl poem thes tcrmed, ac–
cording to Men;lce, from lIS form,
bcc;mf~
ir turns back
í!.gain
to
dle lirH verfe, and th1ls goes
round .
This poem
i~
liule
kn(1wn among us, but is very cOOlmon
amor ~
l,he
Frl'nch, \Vho c;¡ 1I
it
rondeau
lt
conr.lts
commonly
of
thirtC'cn
vc,:rfes
eieht
whcreof are
in
one r!.ime,
ónJ fi\'c
in another.
It
is di vnh.d iOlo cuuplt ts, al the cnc1 uf
l1.e
fcco:'1d ar.d third whe:-cof the bcginOlng of the rounJddy
is rep(':ued, and lhat
ir
puilible in an t!quivoc.d or p,u·
fa nA fcore
ROUSI LLON. f.rmerlya provinee of SI"io, nol<' united
ro France, is toundcd
by
L~ nguedoc
on {he nonh, by
d~.:!
J\Icditcrram an Cea on the eAU,
by
Catalohia on lhe IOUlh ,
;¡nd
by thf
Pyrenl!an mountarns on lhe wdl, bemg a.lJuut
fif,y·f¡,·c
",,!es
leng, . nd
thirty.fa" broad .
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t
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