Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roe"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Roe
(Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted for
food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23),
noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form (2 Sam.
2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14).
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in
Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe
upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of
gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem
itself" (Tristram).
The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Prov. 5: 19 thus rendered (R.V.,
"doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the
ibex. (See 1 Sam. 24:2; Ps. 104:18; Job 39:1.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roe \Roe\, n. [OE. ro, AS. r[=a]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel.
r[=a], SW. r[*a].] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A roebuck. See {Roebuck}.
(b) The female of any species of deer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roe \Roe\, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG.
rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain
origin; cf. Gr. ??? pebble, Skr. ?arkar[=a] gravel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians,
especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes.
Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of
the male.
2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood,
especially in mahogany.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roe
n 1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture [syn:
{hard roe}]
2: eggs of female fish
3: the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the
lobster
4: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
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