*rogue*

n. pl. [ Cf. Breeches. ] Breeches. [ Obs. ] Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fellow rogue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a small parachute dragged behind a vehicle as a means of stabilizing it, or deployed first so as to assist opening of a larger parachute. [ PJC ]

3. a funnel-shaped attachment at the end of a hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight, to which the probe of another airplane may connect, so as to complete a connecting hose line through which fuel may be transferred from the tanker to the following airplane. It is used for in-flight refueling. [ PJC ]

n. See Pirogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Originally an American Indian word: cf. F. pirogue, Sp. piroga, piragua. ] A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat. [ Written variously periauger, perogue, piragua, periagua, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To prog. [ Obs. ] P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sharp point; a goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S. ] -- v. t. To prick; to goad. [ Scot. & Local, U. S. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prorogued p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing ] [ F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law. See Rogation. ] 1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He prorogued his government. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parliament was prorogued to [ meet at ] Westminster. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. hr&unr_;kr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor. rok, rog, proud, arogant. ] 1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The life of a vargant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis no scandal grown,
For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Arch tricks; mischievousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being a rogue. [ Jocose ] “Your rogueship.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]