Roin vs Roan - What's the difference?
roin | roan |
(obsolete) To growl; to roar.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
Made of the leather called roan.
An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
The color of such an animal.
A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
As nouns the difference between roin and roan
is that roin is a scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot while roan is an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.As a verb roin
is to growl; to roar.As an adjective roan is
especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.roin
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.Verb
(en verb)- 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.roan
English
Adjective
(-)- roan binding
Noun
(en noun)- (DeColange)
