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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 394 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROAN (0. Fr. rouan, See also:rouen; Ital. roano, rovano; perhaps connected with See also:rufus, red)  , a word applied to a variety of See also:colour in an See also:animal's coat, especially that of a See also:horse, where there is a mixture of See also:grey or See also:white See also:hair with the prevailing tint of See also:bay, See also:chestnut or See also:sorrel . A sorrel when thus modified is either a See also:strawberry-See also:roan or a cream-roan . The See also:term is also used of a soft, flexible See also:kind of See also:leather made of sheepskin, used in See also:bookbinding as a substitute for or in See also:imitation of See also:morocco; but in this sense the origin is doubtful .

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