_Roberds-men_, c. the third (old) Rank of the Canting Crew, mighty Thieves, like _Robin-hood_. _Rochester-portion_, two torn Smocks, and what Nature gave. _Roe._ _A Fair Roe-buck_, the fifth Year; _a Roe-buck of the first Head_, the fourth Year; _a Hemuse_, the third Year; _a Gyrle_, the second Year; _a Kid_, the first Year; _a Roe Beddeth_, Lodgeth; _a Roe Belloweth_, maketh a Noise at Rutting time. _Roger_, c. a Portmantle, a Goose; also a Man’s Yard. _Rogues_, c. the fourth Order of Canters. _A Rogue in Grain_, a very great Rogue. _A Great-he-rogue_, a sturdy swinging Rogue. _Romance_, a feigned pleasant History. _To Romance_, to lie pleasantly, to Stretch in Discourse. _Romboyles_, c. Watch and Ward. _Romboyl’d_, c. sought after with a Warrant. _Romer_, a drinking Glass; also wider. _Rook_, c. a Cheat, a Knave. _To Rook_, c. to Cheat or play the Knave. _Rope._ _Upon the High-ropes_, Cock-a-hoop. _Give him Rope enough and he’ll Hang himself_, he’ll Decoy himself within his own Destiny. _Rosy-gills_, c. Sanguine or fresh-colour’d. _Rost-meat-cloths_, Holiday-cloths. _You cannot fare well, but you must cry Rost-meat_, you can’t meet with good Chear, but you must tell Tales. _To give one Rost-meat, and Beat him with the Spit_, to do one a Curtesy, and Twit or Upbraid him with it. _To rule the Rost_, to be Master, or Paramount. _Roasted_, Arrested. _I’ll Roast the Dab_, I will Arrest the Rascal. _Rot-gut_, very small or thin Beer. _Rovers_, Pirates, Wanderers, Vagabonds. _To Shoot at Rovers_, at Random. _To Rove about_, to wander idly up and down. _Rough_, Unpolisht, Unmannerly, Uncouth. _To lie Rough_, in one’s Clothes all Night. _Round-dealing_, Plain, Honest Dealing. _Round-summ_, a Lusty-Summ. _Round-heads_, the Parliamentarian Party in the great Rebellion, that begun 1641. _Rout_, (of Wolves) a Company. _Rouse_, (the Buck) Dislodge him. _Rawland-for-an-Oliver_, to give as good as he brought. _Roysters_, c. rude, Roaring Rogues. _Rub_, c. to Run away. _A Rub_, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, or Difficulty. _Rub on_, to Live indifferently. _Rub’d off_, c. Broke, and run away. _Rub through the World_, to Live Tollerably well in it. _Rubbers_, Two (and sometimes Three) Games to make up; also a Rencounter with drawn Sword, and Reflections made upon any one. _Rub-rub_, us’d on Greens when the Bowl Flees too fast, to have it forbear, if Words wou’d do it. _Rub-up_, or refresh the Memory. _Rub-up_, or Scower Armour, _&c._ _Rubs us to the Whit_, c. sends us to Newgate. _Ruby-face_, very red. _Ruck_, a Bumble, or Heap. _Rud_, a small Fish with a forked Tail, between which and the Roach, there is much about the same difference, as between the Herring and the Pilchard. _Ruff_, an old-fashioned double Band; also a noted Bird, and a Fish, Pope, like a small Pearch, and when the Hawk hits the Prey, and yet not Trusses it. _Ruffin_, c. the Devil; also a Justice of Peace, and also an Assasin.