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Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

That which decomposes, or dissolves. Boyle.

Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. [Obs.] Boyle.

Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle.

Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.

To belong; to pertain. [Obs.] A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle.

Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.] Boyle.

A review; a revision. Boyle.

ke a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2. Roaring boy, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys of Rome, that made all split." Beau & Fl. -- Roaring forties…

A riotous fellow; a roaring boy. A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses. Massinger.

The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [U.S.] Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W. Irving.

A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.

th winds, rude in their shock. Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. Boyle.

r first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies. Shak. There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare. Milton.

ets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. Howell. What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! M. Arnold.

To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. if the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. Mortimer.

The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.

rs. Prior. The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the sake of . . . making this boy his heir. G. Eliot.

Saponaceous. Boyle.

sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. "Sapphirine degree of hardness." Boyle.