Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: road – robbing
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road (-s), n. [OE rád < pret. stem of rídan, to ride.]
Public path; way of coming and going.
roam (-ing, -s), v. [origin obscure.]
Wander; meander; drift; rove; stray.
roar, n. [see roar, v.]
Clamor; outcry; a loud, sustained sound.
roar, v. [OE rárian, prob. of imitative origin.]
Bellow; make a loud, sustained noise.
roaring, n. [see roar, v.]
Clamoring; shouting; cacophony; making a loud noise.
roast (-ed), v. [OFr rostir < rôst, gridiron, grill.]
Burn; heat violently.
rob (-bed, -s), v. [OFr rober < Germ. roub-, reave.]
- Steal from; seize from; plunder from; take from.
- Despoil; ransack; violate.
robber, n. [AFr. and OFr robbere.]
Thief; burglar; plunderer.
robbery (robberies), n. [OFr roberie < rober, to rob.]
Stolen items; property belonging to another; [fig.] loved ones; precious possessions.
robbing, n. [see rob, v.]
Deprivation; want; loss; deficiency.