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Webster 1913 Edition
Roach
Roach
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A cockroach.
Roach
,Noun.
[OE.
rroche
; cf. AS. reohha
, D. rog
, roch
, G. roche
, LG. ruche
, Dan. rokke
ray, Sw. rocka
, and E. ray
a fish.] 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
[
, roach
perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche
a rock]perfectly sound.
Roach
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to arch.
2.
To cut off, as a horse’s mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roach
ROACH
,Noun.
A fish of the genus Cyprinus, found in fresh water, easily caught and tolerably good for food.
As sound as a roach, is a phrase supposed to have been originally, as sound as a rock.
Definition 2024
Roach
roach
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See also: Roach
English
Noun
roach (plural roach)
- Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
- Species in the genus Rutilus, especially:
- The common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
- The California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus
- Species in the genus Rutilus, especially:
Etymology 2
Back-formation from cockroach, as if it were a compound.
Noun
roach (plural roaches)
Etymology 3
Noun
roach (plural roaches)
- (US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- (Britain, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
- (nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
- A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.
Translations
Rutilus rutilus
US: cockroach — see cockroach
nautical: curve in the bottom of a sail
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