roe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roe	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for roe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roe n fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture Synonym(s): roe, hard roe eggs of female fish the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roe \Roe\, n. [OE. ro, AS. r[be]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. r[be], SW. r[86].] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A roebuck. See {Roebuck}. (b) The female of any species of deer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roe \Roe\, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. [?][?][?] pebble, Skr. [?]arkar[be] gravel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male. 2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roe, AR (town, FIPS 60380) Location: 34.63085 N, 91.38573 W Population (1990): 135 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72134
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Roe (Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted for food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23), noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14). The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem itself" (Tristram). The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Prov. 5: 19 thus rendered (R.V., "doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the ibex. (See 1 Sam. 24:2; Ps. 104:18; Job 39:1.)