This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 80 of 105: from “rivet” to “rundlet”.
- rivet noun A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
- roach noun A bed or stratum of some mineral.
- road noun The act of riding on horseback.
- road horse noun A horse for riding; saddle-horse.
- Roaring Meg noun A kind of spinning top.
- roborate verb Synonym of confirm, to verify, to establish.
- roboration noun Synonym of confirmation or ratification.
- roborean adj Synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood.
- roche noun A stony hill.
- rochet noun The red gurnard.
- rock fever noun Brucellosis.
- rock oil noun Petroleum
- rocoa noun The pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa orellana, from which annatto is prepared.
- rog verb To shake.
- rogue verb To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
- roguey adj Resembling or characteristic of a rogue.
- roin verb To growl; to roar.
- roll noun A part; an office; a duty; a role.
- rolling paper noun singular of rolling papers (official documents permitting one to drive, particularly to drive freight trucks).
- rolling papers noun Official documents permitting one to drive, (particularly) to drive a freight truck
- roly-poly adv Without hesitating; directly; hence, in a thoughtless manner; indiscriminately.
- Romaic adj Of or pertaining to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or its language.
- romal noun An Indian silk or cotton handkerchief.
- romanize verb To fill with Latin words or idioms.
- romantic adj Fictitious, imaginary.
- rondle noun A rondeau.
- rondo noun A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
- roo noun Peace; quietness.
- rood noun A measure of five and a half yards in length.
- roof tile noun A ridge tile, a tile for the ridge of a roof.
- rook verb To squat; to ruck.
- rookery noun That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.
- rooky adj rascally, rakish, scampish.
- room adj Wide; spacious; roomy.
- roomer adv At a greater distance; farther off.
- roomth noun Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
- rooster noun An informer.
- rope-ripe adj Deserving of being hanged.
- ropery noun Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
- rory adj Covered by dew.
- rosen adj Made of or consisting of roses.
- rosmarine noun Dew from the sea.
- rotal adj Alternative form of rotary: of or relating to circular motion.
- rotatory adj alternate or successive
- rote verb To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
- rother noun A horned animal, especially an ox.
- rouf noun Four shillings.
- rouge noun In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
- rough noun Boisterous weather.
- roun noun A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered).
- rounceval noun A giant; anything large.
- rouncy noun A vulgar woman.
- round adj Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- round robin noun A rim attached to the end of an axle of a horse carriage to prevent dirt from obstructing the axle's rotation; also, a loop from which a…
- roundel noun An umbrella.
- roundure noun roundness
- rouse verb To raise; to make erect.
- rout noun A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- rove verb To shoot with arrows (at).
- rover noun A type of heavy arrow used for long-distance shooting.
- rowan noun wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
- rowdy noun money; ready money.
- rownee noun A faussebraye; a subsidiary enceinte surrounding a fortified place on the outside of the proper wall and on the edge of the ditch.
- royalize verb To make famous, to glorify, to celebrate.
- roynish adj Mangy; scabby.
- rub out verb To get by; to live.
- rub up noun An encounter (with someone).
- rubberneck noun A tourist.
- rubbers noun Rubber overshoes; galoshes.
- rubbish noun Debris or ruins of buildings; rubble.
- rubricate adj Marked with red.
- ruby noun A red spinel.
- ruck verb To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
- rud verb To make red.
- ruddle noun Ruddiness; red coloration.
- ruddock noun A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
- rue verb To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
- ruff verb Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
- ruffian noun A pimp; a pander.
- ruffin adj disordered
- rug noun A person wearing a rug.
- ruin noun A fall or tumble.
- rule noun Conduct; behaviour.
- rullion noun A shoe made of untanned leather.
- ruly adj Pitiable; miserable.
- rum adj Fine, excellent, valuable.
- rumble verb To murmur; to ripple.
- rumbler noun A four-wheeled horse-drawn cab.
- rumbullion noun Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
- rumkin noun A drinking vessel.
- rummage noun Commotion; disturbance.
- rummager noun A worker in charge of stowing cargo on a ship.
- rummish verb To roar; to bellow.
- rumor noun Fame, reputation.
- rumour noun A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- run verb To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- run after verb To seek the company or assistance of; to frequent; to consult (someone).
- run out verb To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
- rundle noun A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
- rundlet noun A partial or secondary umbel.