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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
ROGUE, n. rog. [Gr., Eng. rogue, by transposition of letters. The word arga, in the laws of the Longobards, denotes a cuckold.]
ROGUE, v.i. rog.
1913 Definition
A vagrant; an idle,
sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
* The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a
cheat.
The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. Pope. One who is pleasantly mischievous or
frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.
Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! Shak. An elephant that has separated from a herd
and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.
A worthless plant occuring
among seedlings of some choice variety.
Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities. -- Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors. To wander; to play the
vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
[Obs.] Spenser. To
give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
[Obs.]
Cudworth. To destroy (plants that do
not come up to a required standard).
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Noah Says...
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
Preface to 1828 Dictionary
