| roost | 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. "O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there." (Herbert) Origin: Roosted; Roosting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| roostcock | The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rooster | The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. "Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George." (W. Irving) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |