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over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger. Halliwell.

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. Pope.

Like a rig or wanton. [Obs.] "Riggish and unmaidenly." Bp. Hall.

ud; to resound; to be filled with a With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. Pope. The hall with harp and carol rang. Tennyson. My ears still ring with noise. Dryden.

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] Halliwell.

To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] Halliwell.

ntioned, were originally metrical, and chiefly written by nations of the north of France. Hallam.

A drinking cup. [Written also romkin.] [Obs.] Halliwell.

The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Rosemary. [Obs.] Spenser. "Biting on anise seed and rosmarine." Bp. Hall.

Rubbish. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

nus Fulgur. See Oötheca. Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. Halliwell.

A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. Holland.

One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. Milton.

A large poker. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay.…

To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.