(a) Of ancient Rome, the Roman Empire, or its people, Roman; also in eschatological context; (b) of stories, the calendar year: devised by, about, or associated with ancient Rome or the Romans; (c) ~ tonge, tonge (speche) ~, the Roman language, i.e., Latin; word ~, Latin word; (d) vitriol ~, blue vitriol, copper sulphate; (e) cokkel ~, ?a kind of cockle (Agrostemma gigatho or Lolium temulentum); (f) as noun: the French language.