Vocabulary : Rope-yarn to Roquelaure

Rope-yarn : the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
Ropily : In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.
Ropiness : Quality of being ropy; viscosity.
Roping : of Rope
Ropish : Somewhat ropy.

Ropy : capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
Roque : A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots. The balls are 3/ in. in diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 3/ in. wide, the other arches 3/ in. wide.
Roquefort : A highly flavored blue-molded cheese, made at Roquefort, department of Aveyron, France. It is made from milk of ewes, sometimes with cow's milk added, and is cured in caves. Improperly, a cheese made in imitation of it.
Roquefort cheese : Alt. of Roquefort
Roquelaure : A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.

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