▪ I. roughy1 Sc.
(ˈrʌfɪ)
[Cf. ruffy.]
A withered bough; a dry stick or splinter, esp. one used as a light or torch.
| 1815 Scott Guy M. liv, Laying the roughies to keep the cauld wind frae you. 1829 Ibid. xxvi. foot-note, When dry splinters, or branches, are used as fuel to supply the light for burning the water, as it is called, they are termed, as in the text, Roughies. |
▪ II. ˈroughy2
Also ruffie, ruffy.
[? f. rough a.]
An Australian fish (Arripis georgianus) of the perch family.
| 1875 Spectator (Melbourne) 19 June 81/1 Common fish, such as trout, ruffies, mullet,..and others. |
▪ III. roughy
var. roughie.