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Webster 1913 Edition
Roe
Roe
,Noun.
[OE.
ro
, AS. rāh
; akin to D. ree
, G. reh
, Icel. rā
, SW. rå
.] (Zool.)
(a)
A roebuck. See
Roebuck
. (b)
The female of any species of deer.
Roe
,Noun.
[For
roan
, OE. rowne
, akin to G. rogen
, OHG. rogan
, Icel. hrogn
, Dan. rogn
, ravn
, Sw. rom
; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] pebble, Skr. [GREEK]arkarā
gravel.] 1.
(Zool.)
The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
2.
A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roe
ROE
,Definition 2024
róe
róe
Old Irish
Noun
róe ?
Inflection
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Etymology 2
Noun
róe f (genitive roí)
- flat or level ground
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 133b7
- róe translates planities
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 133b7
- a battlefield
- (by extension) a fight, battle
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- “1 róe (‘withe, rope’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 róe (‘level ground’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.