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vestigation; also, examination under torture. Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. Macaulay.

A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.]

Open robbery. [Obs.] Lambarde.

One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.

The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. Sandys.

Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]

A robber. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drummond. Rider's bone (Med.), a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.

Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.]

To commit robbery. [R.] Bp. Hall.

One who rifles; a robber.

A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.

To practice robbery on the seas;to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate. Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. Holland.

A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. In those days of highwaymen and scourers. Macaulay.

One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.

es used as food. See Benne. Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty Thieves;" hence, a magical password. -- Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.

To practice plunder or robbery. Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. Spenser.

One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.

The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder. Sir G. C. Lewis.

h the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillæ. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.