Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
roc . - noun In India, a forest. Forests are cared for by the Department of Woods and Forests, in whose hands is the reforesting of all India.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The roc.
- noun (Zoöl.), obsolete A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
roc (large bird)
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Examples
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And the Moor said: O my lady, the rukh is a huge bird that lifteth camels and elephants in its claws and flieth off with them, so vast is its strength.
Appendix. The Story of ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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And the sorcerer replied: O my lady, all it lacketh is that there should hang from the dome an egg of the bird called the rukh; and were this hung, the kiosk would not be equalled in the world.
Appendix. The Story of ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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At this my wonder increased, and I remembered a story which travellers and voyagers had told me long before, that there is, in certain of the islands, a bird of enormous size, called the rukh, that feedeth its young ones with elephants.
Nights 537-566. The Second Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea. 1909
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Did we forget gates versus crawley incident where a Harvard professor was handcuffed in his own home, what does that tell you about police and administration highhandedness in America, just like shah rukh, thousands of Americans go through the torture of being bullied by police everyday in America itself.
The Shahrukh Khan Affair – The Aftermath « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The point Anti war is making is even if Shah rukh khan does not come to US again, the problem wont go away, people are continually being harassed by American police state.
The Shahrukh Khan Affair – The Aftermath « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Andy … don't put cart before the horse, the point here is that thousands of Americans and minorities are profiled and subjected to mistreatment everyday in US, shah rukh khan news just shows the greater problem America is facing.
The Shahrukh Khan Affair – The Aftermath « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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The rukh drifted on air currents high in the sky, its massive wings spread wide to catch the updrafts.
Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006
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The rukh knew its kin, and it also recognized the other things that took wing: the dragons, the phoenix, the griffin.
Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006
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As they turned back to the hold doors they had been aiming for, the rukh rose up, turned its giant head, and stared right at them.
Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006
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On the parapet surrounding the high bridge, unmoving and yet more visible than any other living shape on the ship, the rukh could see its father.
Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006
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