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Roach   /roʊtʃ/   Listen
noun
Roach  n.  (Zool.) A cockroach.



Roach  n.  
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
(b)
An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
(c)
The redfin, or shiner.
2.
(Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
As sound as a roach, perfectly sound.



verb
Roach  v. t.  
1.
To cause to arch.
2.
To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Roach" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cocheneal, and beat it to a fine Powder, then boil it in three Quarters of a Pint of Water to the Consumption of one Half, then beat Half an Ounce of Roach Allum, and Half an Ounce of Cream of Tartar very fine, and put them to the Cocheneal, boil them all together a little while, and strain it through a fine Bag, which put into a Phial, ...
— The Art of Confectionary • Edward Lambert

... for which application was made to the military authorities. The latter not only gave a sufficiency of sabres, pistols, and muskets to the sailors, but also detailed enough soldiers, under Captain N. Towson and Lieutenant Isaac Roach, to make the total number of men that took part in the expedition 124. This force left Black Rock at one o'clock on the morning of the 8th in two large boats, one under the command of Commander Elliott, assisted by Lieutenant ...
— The Naval War of 1812 • Theodore Roosevelt

... never could bring himself into thorough harmony with the young men who wore ready-made clothes, starched shirts, and beaver hats; nor was his ideal of feminine beauty reached by the village belles, with their roach-combs, their red and yellow ribbons, and their enormous flounces. In the mountains, he was to the manner born; in the village, he was keenly alive to the presence and pressure of the exclusiveness that is the basis of all society, good, ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris

... light infantry was posted on the Eutaw creek, flanking the Buffs, and the cavalry under Major Coffin were drawn up in the open field in the rear; these were not numerous. The artillery were posted on the Charleston road and the one leading to Roach's plantation.—The action commenced about a mile from the fountain. Marion and Pickens continued to advance and fire, but the North Carolina militia broke at the third round.—Sumner with the new raised troops, then occupied their place, and ...
— A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion • William Dobein James

... ii. 158. Speaking of Christ-tide 1789, she says: "This Christmas Mr. Papendiek proposed an illuminated tree, according to the German fashion, but the Blagroves being at home for their fortnight, and the party at Mrs. Roach's for the holidays, I objected to it. Our eldest girl, Charlotte, being only six the 30th of this November, I thought our children too young to be amused at so much expense ...
— A Righte Merrie Christmasse - The Story of Christ-Tide • John Ashton


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