Rot
King James Dictionary [1]
To lose the natural cohesion and organization of parts, as animal and vegetable substances to be decomposed and resolved into its original component parts by the natural process, or the gradual operation of heat and air to putrefy.
Rot, To make putrid to cause to be decomposed by the natural operation of air and heat to bring to corruption.
Rot, n.
1. A fatal distemper incident to sheep, usually supposed to be owing to wet seasons and moist pastures. The immediate cause of the mortality of sheep, in this disease, is found to be a great number of small animals, called flukes, (Fascida,) found in the liver, and supposed to be produced from eggs swallowed with their food. 2. Putrefaction putrid decay. 3. Dry rot, in timber, the decay of the wood without the access of water.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]
Proverbs 10:7 (b) This indicates that the work and reputation of ungodly men will become a stench in the nostrils of succeeding generations.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( n.) A grotto.
(2): ( n.) Alt. of Grote
