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Rosʹtrum

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A pulpit; properly the beak of a ship. In Rome, the pulpit from which orators addressed the public was ornamented with the rostra or shipprows taken from the Carthaginians.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rosemary Lane (London)
Rosewood
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Rosetta (Africa)
Rosetta Stone (The)
Rosicrucians
Ross (Celtic)
Rosse
Rossel
Rossignol (French)
Rostrum
Rota or Rota Men
Rota Aristotelica (Aristotle’s wheel)
Rota Romana
Rote
Rothschild [Red Shield]
Rotten Row
Rotundity of the Belt (Washington Irving)
Roué
Rouen
Rouge (A)

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Rostrum