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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROACH, n.
A fish of the genus Cyprinus, found in fresh water, easily caught and tolerably good for food.
As sound as a roach, is a phrase supposed to have been originally, as sound as a rock.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
2: the butt of a marijuana cigarette
3: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle]
4: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [syn: cockroach, roach]
5: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn: roach, Rutilus rutilus] v
1: comb (hair) into a roach
2: cut the mane off (a horse)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural roach; also roaches) Etymology: Middle English roche, from Anglo-French roche, rosse Date: 13th century 1. a silver-green European freshwater cyprinid fish (Rutilus rutilus); also any of various related fishes (as some shiners) 2. any of several American freshwater sunfishes (family Centrarchidae) II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1794 1. a curved cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing or to secure a better fit 2. a roll of hair brushed straight back from the forehead or side of the head III. transitive verb Date: 1818 1. to cut (as a horse's mane) so that the remainder stands upright 2. to cause to arch; specifically to brush (the hair) in a roach — often used with up IV. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: circa 1848 1. cockroach 2. the butt of a marijuana cigarette

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. (pl. same) a small freshwater fish, esp. Rutilus rutilus, allied to the carp. Etymology: ME f. OF roc(h)e, of unkn. orig. 2. n. 1 US colloq. a cockroach. 2 sl. the butt of a marijuana cigarette. Etymology: abbr. 3. n. Naut. an upward curve in the foot of a square sail. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roach Roach, v. t. 1. To cause to arch. 2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roach Roach, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cockroach.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roach Roach, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. (b) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish. (c) The redfin, or shiner. 2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. As sound as a roach [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(roaches) A roach is the same as a cockroach. (mainly AM) N-COUNT

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