a. [ F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red. ] red. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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Rouge et noir ety>[ F., red and black ], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rouged p. pr. & vb. n. Rouging . ] To paint the face or cheeks with rouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., literally, red cross. ] (Her.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., literally, red dragon. ] (Her.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. F. Rouleaux E. Rouleaus [ F., a roll, dim. fr. fr. rôle, formerly also spelt roulle. See Roll. ] A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., properly, a little wheel or ball. See Rouleau, Roll. ] 1. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) (a) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots. (b) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geom.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. & t. [ Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, “buckle to.” ] (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. [ 1913 Webster ]