- 08.008 but it had rotted
- 10.007 The rotting piles of a greater town could still be seen
- 13.046 Tables were rotting there;
- 14.043 that fell from his rotting carcase.
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Rove
- 11.028 some were roving about the mountain-side.
- 12.064 Whenever Smaug’s roving eye,
Rumble
- 09.050 rumbled to the dark opening
- 12.011 mixed with a rumble as of a gigantic tom-cat purring.
- 12.016 the rumble of his snoring changed its note.
- 12.019 when suddenly a vast rumbling woke
- 12.101 and rumble of Smaug’s fury.
- 17.040 and rumbled
Rummage
- 04.023 and being rummaged by goblins,
Run
“Run” is a common word, of course, but it gets a special notice when in Troll dialect!
- 02.045 and the drink runnin’ short,
Rust
- 19.002 Though sword shall be rusted,
Saucer
Saucer, the thing that holds the sauces, appears once in The Hobbit. We never see “sauce”, “saucy”, “saucily”.
- 01.025 and saucer,
“saucer, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 25 March 2016.
Scabbard
- 02.113 because of their beautiful scabbards
Scant
- 02.116 Their own provisions were very scanty.
Scarf
- 01.007 a silver scarf