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† ˈrorid, a. Obs.
Also 7 roride.
[ad. L. rōridus, f. rōr-, rōs dew.]
Dewy; of the nature of dew.
Very common in 17th cent., esp. in rorid cloud.
1602Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 228 Rorid cloudes being suckt into the Ayre. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 345 The Rainebow..caused by the rayes of the Sunne, falling upon a roride and opposite cloud. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Melons 3 A little Rorid meazing out out of the Pulp, but by no means Watrish and Flashy. 1715tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II. 306 It was known to the Greeks.., not under the Name of Manna, but of aerial or rorid Honey. |