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passport or certificate from the collec-tor of the customs.
KOWEL, the pointed wheel of ahorseman’s spur.
Rowel, in surgery, a sort of issuewhich is made in man or horse, bydrawing a skein of silk or thread throughthe nape of the neck.
HO WELLING of horses, an ope-ration performed by a farrier or vete-rinary surgeon, or even by a groom,when a small slit is made through theskin, three or four inches below thepart aggrieved, in order to let out somefoul humour.
ROXANA, Ind. an Indian term ex-pressive of great magnificence; resplen-dence.
ROY, Ind. a Hindoo priest.
ROYAL, (royal, ¥ r.) belonging to aking; kingly.
Royal assent, the assent of the Kingto an Act which has passed both Housesof Parliament.
The term Royal is likewise applied,by way of distinction, to corps and es-tablishments, viz. Royal Train of Ar-tillery, Royal Artillery Drivers, RoyalWagon Train, Royal Marines, &c.
Royal army, an army marchingwith heavy cannon, capable of besieg-ing a strong fortification, &c.
Royal standard. See Standard.
Royal parapet, in fortification, ahank about three toises broad, and sixfeet high, placed upon the brink of therampart, towards the enemy: its useis to cover those who defend the ram-part.
Royal Arsenal. See Arsenal.
Royal word, the word of a sovereign.
Royal Military School at Paris .See School .
ROYALS, in artillery, small mortars,which carry a shell 5J inches in dia-meter. They are mounted on beds thesame as other mortars.
The ROYALS. This term is appliedto the First Regiment of Foot, which islikewise sometimes called Royal ScotchRoyals. It is supposed to be the oldestregular corps in Europe . The men ori-ginally went out of Scotland , and en-tered into the French service. Theyafterwards returned to England in 1638,during the reign of Charles the First,and were styled, The First, or RoyalRegiment of Foot.
ROYALISE, ee, Fr. brought over to
the royal cause; attached to the kinglydignity.
ROYALISER, Fr. An expressionwhich has been made use of since thecommencement of the French Revolu tion : it signifies to wean the mind fromrevolutionary principles; to attach it tolegitimate sovereignty.
ROYALISME, Fr. an attachmentto the royal cause. The French usedto say, figuratively, Ils sentent le royai-isme, they are attached to the royalcause.
A ROYALIST, (Royaliste, F'r.) onewho is of the King’s or Queen’s party,and who maintains his or her interest.
ROZEENDAR, Ind. a person hold-ing a yearly pension.
ROZENADAR, Ind. one who re-ceives an allowance daily.
ROZENAMA, Ind. a day-book.
RUADE, Fr. a horse’s jerking withhis heels.
To RUB down, to clean or curry ahorse.
RUBBLE, any loose materials, suchas broken bricks, stones, &c. which arethrown into a confined space, for thepurpose of resisting water, &c.
liUBBY, Ind. a division of the yearcontaining the months of Chaile or 3dmonth, from the lltli of March to tlie10th of April. Bysac or 4th month,from the 11th April, to the 11th ofMay. Icet or 5lii month; Assam or6th month, from the 12th of June tothe 13th of July. Sohati or 7th month,in some manner, agrees with July andAugust. Baudoon, or the same as Icet,from the 11th of May to the 12th ofJune. The other half of the year iscalled Dereef.
RUBICAN colour of a horse is a baysorrel or black, with a light grey, orwhite upon the flank; but so that thegrey or white is not predominant inthose parts.
RUDENTURE, in architecture, thefigure of a rope or staff, sometimesplain, sometimes cut carved, with whichthe third part of thellutings of columnsare filled up.
According to M. Le Clerc, rnderi-tures are sometimes cut in the fiutings,to strengthen their sides, and renderthem less liable to be broken.
RUDIMENTS, the first principles,the elements of any particular science.Hence—
Rudiments of rear, the first prin-3 F