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Webster 1913 Edition


Roky

Rok′y

,
Adj.
[See
Roke
.]
Misty; foggy; cloudy.
[Prov. Eng.]
Ray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roky

RO'KY

,
Adj.
[See Reek.] Misty; foggy; cloudy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


roky

roky

English

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

  1. (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
    • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ISBN 068485791X, page 40:
      They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.
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