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Roon   Listen
adjective
Roon  adj., n.  Vermilion red; red. (R.) "Her face was like the lily roon."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Roon" Quotes from Famous Books



... ye auld fule!" When I thrilled tae a note that wis saucy and sma'; And there in a crater, collected and cool, Wi' his wee penny whistle wis Sandy McGraw. Ay, there he wis playin' as gleg as could be, And listenin' hard wis a spectacled Boche; Then Sandy turned roon' and he noddit tae me, And he says: "Dinna blab on me, Sergeant McTosh. The auld chap is deein'. He likes me tae play. It's makin' him happy. Jist see his een shine!" And thrillin' and sweet in the hert o' the fray Wee Sandy wis playin' ...
— Rhymes of a Red Cross Man • Robert W. Service

... war aim," said Count VON ROON in the Prussian House of Lords, "to keep the Throne and the Dynasty sky high." Once we have knocked them sky high the Count can keep them in any old place ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 11, 1917 • Various



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