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Webster 1913 Edition
Rory
Ro′ry
,Adj.
[L.
ros
, roris
, dew.] Dewy.
[R.]
And shook his wings with
rory
May-dew wet. Fairfax.
Definition 2025
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See also: Rory
English
Adjective
rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)
- (obsolete) Covered by dew.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14
- On Libanon at first his foot he set,
And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet.
- On Libanon at first his foot he set,
- 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Page 3
- [...] rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14
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dewy — see dewy
Etymology 2
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Adjective
rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)
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Translations
of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors