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rope-walk¹

A long stretch of ground where ropes are made [OED]

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Ross¹

Ross: John Ross (1777-1856) British naval officer and Arctic explorer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parry_(explorer)

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rout°


A group of people gathered or assembled together [OED]

rout²

Rout:  A fashionable gathering; a large evening party or soirée of a type fashionable in the 18th and early 19th centuries. [OED]

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rout³

 a noisy disturbance; (also) a brawl.

Rout¹

The gathering together of a group of soldiers usually in preparation for departing on active service.

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routª

Possible "route"

roved¹

Rove: to make (carded or combed wool, cotton, etc.) into rovings (A long thin strand of wool or cotton,  drawn out and slightly twisted in preparation for spinning; a roll of this.

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Roving(1)

The action or process of making carded or combed cotton, wool, etc., into rovings - long thin strands of wool, cotton, etc., drawn out and slightly twisted in preparation for spinning [OED]

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roving(2)

A long thin strand of wool, cotton, etc., drawn out and slightly twisted in preparation for spinning [OED]

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rubber(1)

A set of games (usually three or five), the last of which is played to decide between the opponents when each has won an equal number [OED]

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Rubini
Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794–1854) Italian tenor
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rummy²

Odd, peculiar; unconventional [OED]

rummy¹

Inventive unconventional ruses with a suggestion of illegality [CPB]

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rum¹

Good, high quality, excellent; extraordinary, great. [OED]

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Russell¹

Russell: 1st Earl Russell, (1792-1878) Holder of various senior govenrment posts between 1835 and 1866.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell

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