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Proin vs Roin - What's the difference?

proin | roin |

As a verb proin

is .

As a noun roin is

.

proin

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • * Chapman
  • The sprigs that did about it grow / He proined from the leafy arms.
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    roin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To growl; to roar.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
  • Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
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