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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.
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| 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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| 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.
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