To Rose. _v. n._ To drop out from the pod, or other seed
vessel, when the seeds are over-ripe.
To Rough. _v. a._ To roughen; to make rough.
Round-dock. _s._ The common mallow; _malva sylvestris_.
Called round-dock from the _roundness_ of its leaves. CHAUCER
has the following expression which has a good deal puzzled the
glossarists:
"But canst thou playin raket to and fro,
_Nettle in, Docke out_, now this, now that, Pandare?"
_Troilus and Cressida_, Book IV.
The round-dock leaves are used at this day as a supposed remedy or
charm for the sting of a nettle, by being rubbed on the stung
part, with the following words:--
_In dock, out nettle,
Nettle have a sting'd me_.
That is, _Go in dock, go out nettle_. Now, to play _Nettle
in Docke out_, is to make use of such expedients as shall drive
away or remove some previous evil, similar to that of driving out
the venom of the nettle by the juice or charm of the dock.
Roz'im. _s._ A quaint saying; a low proverb.
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