ROACH

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A cockroach.

2.
n.

A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.

3.
n.

An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.

4.
n.

The redfin, or shiner.

5.
n.

A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. As sound as a roach Etym: [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.

6.
v.

To cause to arch.

7.
v.

To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

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