different between roach vs azurine

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?t?/
• Rhymes: -??t?

Etymology 1

From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”); cognate with Old English ruhha ("a ray"; > Middle English rouhe, roh?e), German Rochen (“ray (fish)”).

Noun

roach (plural roach)

2. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
   1. Species in the genus Rutilus, especially:
      1. The common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
   2. The California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus

Derived terms

• Albanian roach (Pachychilon pictum, Leucos basak)
• Black Sea roach (Rutilus lacustris)
• blue roach (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
• California roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus)
• common roach Rutilus rutilus)

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from cockroach, as if it were a compound.

Noun

roach (plural roaches)

2. (US) A cockroach.

Derived terms

• brown-banded roach (Supella supellectilium)
• dubia roach (Blaptica dubia)
• Madeira roach (Leucophaea maderae)
• oriental roach (Blatta orientalis)
• sea roach (Ligia oceanica, Ligia exotica)
• wharf roach (Ligia exotica)

Translations

Etymology 3

Apparently from extended or figurative use of roach (“Cyprinidae”), above. Compare the adjective roached (“styled so that the mane stands up from the neck”).

Noun

roach (plural roaches)

1. (nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area.
2. A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.

Translations

Etymology 4

Extended or jocular use of roach (“cockroach”), above. Attested since the 1930s.

Noun

roach (plural roaches)

1. (US, slang, smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug.
2. (US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
3. (Britain, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.

Translations

Etymology 5

Variant of roche (“rock”). Attested since the seventeenth century.

Noun

roach (plural roaches)

2. (Britain, obsolete, mining) A bed or stratum of some mineral.
3. (Britain, regional) Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.

References

• Jonathon Green (2016) , “roach, n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang?^[1]
• “roach, n.2.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
• “roach, n.3.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
• “roach, n.4.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• Charo, Rocha, achor, archo-, corah, ochra, orach

English

Adjective

azurine (comparative more azurine, superlative most azurine)

1. Sky-blue; azure.

Noun

azurine (plural azurines)

1. A type of rudd or redeye, the blue roach of Europe (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, syn. Leuciscus caeruleus), so called from its color.

References

• azurine at OneLook Dictionary Search
• azurine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.