n. (pl. -ies) 1 royal office, dignity, or power; being royal.

- a royal persons. B member of a royal family.

- percentage of profit from a book, public performance, patent, etc. Paid to the author etc.

- a royal right (now esp. Over minerals) granted by the sovereign. B payment made by a producer of minerals etc. To the owner of the site etc. [french: related to *royal]

n. Impression or copy made by rubbing.

—n. - waste material; refuse, litter.

- worthless material; trash.

- (often as int.) Nonsense. —v. Colloq. Criticize contemptuously. rubbishy adj. [anglo-french rubbous]

n. Rubbing down.

n. Formal german measles. [latin rubellus reddish]

n. Boundary; point from which there is no going back. [rubicon, river on ancient frontier of italy]

n. Colloq. - disturbance or tumult.

- (in pl.) Row, heated arguments. [origin unknown]

n. Violent lawless person. [italian ruffiano]

adj. - bringing ruin, disastrous (ruinous expense).

- dilapidated. ruinously adv.

sale n. Esp. Us jumble sale.

- —v. (-ging) 1 search, esp. Unsystematically.

- (foll. By out, up) find among other things. —n. Rummaging. [french arrumage from arrumer stow cargo]