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ROOD GOOSE, RUDE GOOSE, the brent goose, Ross.
_Statist. Acc._
Dan. _radgaas_, Norw. _raatgaas_.
ROOF-TREE, _s._
1. The beam which forms the angle of a roof, S.
2. A toast, expressive of a wish for prosperity to one's family, S. B.
ROOK, _s._ A sort of uproar, Loth.
Germ. _ruck-en_, movere; _ruck_, impetus.
ROOK, _s._ Thick mist, S.
V. ~Rak~, _s._ 3.
~Rooky~, _adj._ Misty, S.
_Hamilton._
ROOM, _adj._ and _s._
V. ~Rowme~.
ROON, _s._ A shred.
V. ~Rund~.
_To_ ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol.
V. ~Ruse~.
_To_ ROOSE _fish_, to throw a large quant.i.ty of fish together, with salt among them; allowing them to lie in that state for some time, before curing them, S.
ROOST, _s._
1. The inner roof of a cottage, composed of spars reaching from the one wall to the other, S.
2. A garret, S. B.
Su. G. _roste_, the highest part of a building.
ROOT-HEWN, _adj._ Perverse, S. B.
Sw. _rothugg-a_, to root up.
_Ross._
_To_ ROOVE, RUVE, RUIFF, _v. a._
1. To rivet, to clinch, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. To settle a point beyond the probability of alteration.
_Baillie._
Fr. _riv-er_, id.; Isl. _rauf-a_, perforare.
ROPEEN, _s._ A hoa.r.s.e cry.
V. ~Roup~.
_Complaynt S._
ROSE, _s._ The erysipelas, a disease, S.
_Buchan._
Su. G. _ros_, Germ. _rose_, id. from the colour of the eruption.
ROSEIR, _s._ A rose-bush; or arbour of roses.
Fr. _rosier_.
_Gl. Sibb._
ROSET, _s._ Rosin, S.
_Douglas._
