Definition of Roaching

1. roach [v] - See also: roach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roaching

rmgroup
rmgrouped
rmgrouping
rmgroups
rngs
ro-ro
ro 20-1724
ro 4-1284
roach
roach-backed
roach clip
roach coach
roach holder
roached
roaches
roaching (current term)
roachlike
road
road(a)
road-agent
road-gang
road-hog
road-movie
road-race
road accident
road agent
road apple
road apples
road builder
road burn

Literary usage of Roaching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life by William Senior (1890)
"When, down at the end of the osier-bed, I found one of the best of our roaching worthies with four fish as the result of four hours' careful fishing,.! ..."

2. Roach, Rudd & Bream Fishing in Many Waters: Being a Practical Treatise on by John Martin (1905)
"... Fishing the swim — roaching in a tidal water — Bread crust — A capital paste — Importance of suitable float — Cupping ..."

3. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"The roaching-pan is a large leaden cistern, generally of many tons' weight, ... Into these the liquor from the roaching-pan is run, and the casks are ..."

4. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Knapp, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson (1848)
"The roaching-pan is a large leaden cistern, generally of many tons' weight, closely covered over. Into this, a large quantity of steam is blown, ..."

5. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Knapp, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson (1848)
"The roaching-pan is a large leaden cistern, generally of many tons' weight, ... Into these the liquor from the roaching-pan is run, and the casks are ..."

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