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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land. [Colloq.]

Ragged. -- Robin accentor (Zoöl.), a small Asiatic singing bird (Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the European robin. -- Robin redbreast. (Zoöl.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. (c) The American bluebird. -- Robin snipe. (Zoöl.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.

es, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.

A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.

lls or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.

ater; a species of hydraulic cement. -- Roman law. See under Law. -- Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline. -- Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists. Ure. -- Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite, a., 2.

Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.

Somewhat ropy.

Somewhat rough.

An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot.

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.

Somewhat rude. Foote.

Somewhat rugose.

A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630).

Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.

Somewhat sallow. Dickens.

Somewhat salt. -- Salt"ish*ly, adv. -- Salt"ish*ness, n.

Somewhat salt; saltish.

Fig.: Dry, old; husky; withered; spiritless. "A somewhat sapless womanhood." Lowell. Now sapless on the verge of death he stands. Dryden.