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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roan  \Roan\,  n. 
  1.  The  color  of  a  roan  horse;  a  roan  color. 
 
  2.  A  roan  horse. 
 
  3.  A  kind  of  leather  used  for  slippers,  bookbinding,  etc., 
  made  from  sheepskin,  tanned  with  sumac  and  colored  to 
  imitate  ungrained  morocco.  --DeColange. 
 
  {Roan  tree}.  (Bot.)  See  {Rowan  tree}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roan  \Roan\,  a.  [F.  rouan;  cf  Sp  roano,  ruano,  It  rovano 
  roano.] 
  1.  Having  a  bay,  chestnut,  brown,  or  black  color,  with  gray 
  or  white  thickly  interspersed;  --  said  of  a  horse. 
 
  Give  my  roan  a  drench.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Made  of  the  leather  called  roan;  as  roan  binding. 
 
  {Roan  antelope}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  very  large  South  African 
  antelope  ({Hippotragus  equinus}).  It  has  long  sharp  horns 
  and  a  stiff  bright  brown  mane.  Called  also  {mahnya}, 
  {equine  antelope},  and  {bastard  gemsbok}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roan 
  adj  :  (used  of  especially  horses)  having  a  brownish  coat  thickly 
  sprinkled  with  white  or  gray;  "a  roan  horse" 
  n  1:  a  soft  sheepskin  leather  that  is  colored  and  finished  to 
  resemble  morocco;  used  in  bookbinding 
  2:  horse  having  a  roan  coat 




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