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8 words match “ROUST”

ROUST v. 2 definitions
To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
ROUSTABOUT n.
A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs. [Western U.S.]
CROUSTADE n.
Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop.
PROUSTITE n.
A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
MICRACOUSTIC a.
Same as Microustic.
ROOST v.
See Roust, v. t.
ROST n.
See Roust. [Scot.] Jemieson.
SILVER n.
lso combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. S…