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roan |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roan \Roan\, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. 2. A roan horse. 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. --DeColange. {Roan tree}. (Bot.) See {Rowan tree}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roan \Roan\, a. [F. rouan; cf Sp roano, ruano, It rovano roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. --Shak. 2. Made of the leather called roan; as roan binding. {Roan antelope} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South African antelope ({Hippotragus equinus}). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also {mahnya}, {equine antelope}, and {bastard gemsbok}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roan adj : (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; "a roan horse" n 1: a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding 2: horse having a roan coat
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