Emily Dickinson Lexicon

rouse, v. [Originally a technical term in hawking and hunting, precise origin obscure.]

Excite.

route (-s), n. [Fr. route < L. rupta, fem. of ruptus, broken.]

Course; way; road.

routine, adj. [see route, n.]

Habit; duty; repetitive pattern; customary behavior; standard procedure; mechanical action.

row (- s), n. [OE ráw, variant of ræʹw.]

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of gems or pearls; a row of houses or columns.

row (-ing, -ed), v¹. [OE rówan.]

Propel a boat; move a boat forward with rhythmic strokes using oars; impel a boat or vessel along the surface of water by wooden paddles; [fig.] advance; proceed; progress; flow; abound; flourish; thrive.

row, v². (see row, n.)

1. Arrange; put in a line; place in a row.
2. Shine; dawn; send out rays.

rowdy, adj. [origin obscure.]

Bully; ruffian; trouble-maker; one having boisterous conduct; rough and disorderly creature; [fig.] loud one.

rower, n. [see row, v¹.]

Boatman; one that manages an oar in propelling a boat.

royal, adj. [OFr roial < L. regal-em, regal.]

1. Aristocratic; fit for a queen.
2. Majestic; glorious; kingly.
3. Ordained; hallowed.
4. Valorous; prestigious; heroic.
5. Sovereign; official; authoritative; pertaining to a head of state.
6. King-like; high-born; patrician.

royally, adv. [see royal, adj.]

Powerfully.