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ROGUE, n. rog. [Gr., Eng. rogue, by transposition of letters. The word arga, in the laws of the Longobards, denotes a cuckold.]

1. In law, a vagrant; a sturdy beggar; a vagabond. Persons of this character were, by the ancient laws of England, to be punished by whipping and having the ear bored with a hot iron.

2. A knave; a dishonest person; applied now, I believe, exclusively to males. This word comprehends thieves and robbers, but is generally applied to such as cheat and defraud in mutual dealings, or to counterfeiters.

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.

3. A name of slight tenderness and endearment.

Alas, poor rogue, I think indeed she loves.

4. A wag.

ROGUE, v.i. rog.

1. To wander; to play the vagabond. [Little used.]

2. To play knavish tricks. [Little used.]


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ROGUE, n. rog. [Gr., Eng. rogue, by transposition of letters. The word arga, in the laws of the Longobards, denotes a cuckold.]

1. In law, a vagrant; a sturdy beggar; a vagabond. Persons of this character were, by the ancient laws of England, to be punished by whipping and having the ear bored with a hot iron.

2. A knave; a dishonest person; applied now, I believe, exclusively to males. This word comprehends thieves and robbers, but is generally applied to such as cheat and defraud in mutual dealings, or to counterfeiters.

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.

3. A name of slight tenderness and endearment.

Alas, poor rogue, I think indeed she loves.

4. A wag.

ROGUE, v.i. rog.

1. To wander; to play the vagabond. [Little used.]

2. To play knavish tricks. [Little used.]

ROGUE, n. [rōg; Sax. earg, arg, idle, stupid, mean; eargian, to become dull or torpid; D. G. Sw. and Dan. arg, evil, crafty, wicked; Gr. αργος. Hence Cimbric argur, and Eng. rogue, by transposition of letters. The word arga, in the laws of the Longobards, denotes a cuckold. Spel. voc. Arga.]

  1. In law, a vagrant; a sturdy beggar; a vagabond. Persons of this character were, by the ancient laws of England, to be punished by whipping and having the ear bored with a hot iron. – Encyc. Spenser.
  2. A knave; a dishonest person; applied now, I believe, exclusively to males. This word comprehends thieves and robbers, but is generally applied to such as cheat and defraud in mutual dealings, or to counterfeiters. The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. – Pope.
  3. A name of slight tenderness and endearment. Alas, poor rogue, I think indeed she loves. – Shak.
  4. A wag. – Shak.

ROGUE, v.i. [rōg.]

  1. To wander; to play the vagabond. [Little used.] – Spenser.
  2. To play knavish tricks. [Little used.] – Johnson.

Rogue
  1. A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

    * The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.

  2. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

    [Obs.] Spenser.
  3. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

    [Obs.] Cudworth.
  4. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

    The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. Pope.

  5. To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
  6. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

    Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! Shak.

  7. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.
  8. A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.

    Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities. -- Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

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Rogue

ROGUE, noun rog. [Gr., Eng. rogue by transposition of letters. The word arga, in the laws of the Longobards, denotes a cuckold.]

1. In law, a vagrant; a sturdy beggar; a vagabond. Persons of this character were, by the ancient laws of England, to be punished by whipping and having the ear bored with a hot iron.

2. A knave; a dishonest person; applied now, I believe, exclusively to males. This word comprehends thieves and robbers, but is generally applied to such as cheat and defraud in mutual dealings, or to counterfeiters.

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.

3. A name of slight tenderness and endearment.

Alas, poor rogue I think indeed she loves.

4. A wag.

ROGUE, verb intransitive rog.

1. To wander; to play the vagabond. [Little used.]

2. To play knavish tricks. [Little used.]

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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TWANG, v.i. To sound with a quick sharp noise; to make the sound of a string which is stretched and suddenly pulled; as the twanging bows.

TWANG, v.t. To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.

Sound the tough horn, and twang the quivering string.

TWANG, n. A sharp quick sound; as the twang of a bowstring; a twang of the nose.

1. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

He has a twang in his discourse.

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