▪ I. roup, n.1 Sc. and north.
(raʊp)
Also 7 roop, 8 roupe, 9 north. raup.
[f. roup v. 2.]
An auction; the act of selling or letting by auction.
| 1693 Stair Instit. i. xvi. (ed. 2) 135 A Roup at the half or major part of the Owners against the rest. 1698 A. Fletcher Two Disc. Aff. Scot. 36 The letting of Farms..by Roop or Auction. 1700 Law Council of Trade (1751) 9 All other effects that shall be sold by public roupe in this kingdom. 1785 A. Grant Lett. fr. Mountains (1813) II. 114 Every article of cattle and furniture was sold. The roup lasted a week. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 46 §70 The said collector is..to sell by public roup.. such part of the said goods and effects. 1878 C. Gibbon For the King i, Bauldy's chief business had been to announce roups. |
| attrib. and Comb. 1785 A. Grant Lett. fr. Mountains (1813) II. 110 Roups, then, are a source of great amusement here and a very expensive one to the roup-makers. 1829 Hogg Sheph. Cal. ii, This cow..is valued in my roup-roll at fifteen pounds. 1890 Service Notandums 5 Shall I reprint the roup bills o' my ryegrass parks? |
▪ II. roup, n.2
(ruːp)
Forms: 6 roupe, 6–7 roope, 7 rup, roupp, 6– roup, 7– roop.
[Of obscure origin.]
A disease in poultry characterized by morbid swellings on the rump.
| 1551 Turner Herbal i. B v, Garlyke..is also good for the pype or roupe of hennes and cockes, as Pliny wryteth. 1578 Lyte Dodoens 638 They cure the pipe or roupe of Pultrie and Chickens with Garlyke. 1614 Markham Cheap Husb. (1623) 141 The roupp is a filthy bile or swelling on the rumpe of Poultrie, and will corrupt the whole body. 1765 Treat. Dom. Pigeons 34 The wet roop next falls under our consideration. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1210 The Roup is shown by the rump becoming swelled and enlarged. c 1858 E. Watts Poultry Yard 167 Inflammation and Intumescence of the Rump Gland..To this affection the term ‘roup’..is often applied. |
| attrib. and Comb. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1768) VI. lxxvi. 324 Thou droopest like a pip or roup-cloaking chicken. c 1858 E. Watts Poultry Yard 168 Baily's roup pills are almost universally known and appreciated. |
▪ III. roup, n.3
(ruːp)
Also 8 roupe, and roop n.1
[Prob. of imitative origin.]
1. Sc. and north. Hoarseness, huskiness; † some disease affecting the throat.
| a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting 323 The rot, the roup, and the auld rest. 1674– [see roop n.1]. c 1770 Beattie To Alex. Ross iii, O may the roupe ne'er roust thy weason. 1773 Ferguson Poems (1789) II. 77 To fleg frae a' your craigs the roup, Wi' reeking het an' creeshy soup. 1811– in northern dial. glossaries. |
2. A form of purulent catarrh affecting domestic poultry.
| 1808 Jamieson, Roup..also denotes a disease which affects hens in the mouth or throat. 1849 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yd. (1855) 267 The symptom most prominent in the roup, is difficult and noisy breathing, beginning with what is termed the gapes, as in the pip. c 1877 L. Wright Bk. Poultry 200 In very aggravated cases of roup the entire throat is sometimes filled with the diseased secretion. |
▪ IV. roup, v. Sc. and north.
(raʊp)
Also 4 roupe, 5–6 rolp, 6 rowp, 9 north. raup, rawp, etc.
[Of Scandinavian origin: cf. Icel. raupa (Fær. reypa) to boast, brag, MSw. röpa to shout, Da. r{obar}be to disclose, reveal.]
1. intr. To cry, shout, roar; to croak. Now arch.
| 13.. St. Alexius 566 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 187 Scho beganne to roupe & rare. c 1450 Holland Howlat 215 The Ravyne, rolpand rudly in a roche ran. 1513 Douglas æneis ix. viii. 44 Taikand..na maner schame, Sua amangis men to ryn, and roup or rame. 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 3075 Thir ruiks thay roupit wonder fast. 1571 Satir. Poems Reform. xxviii. 89 Rowpand for riches..Sum benefice I bocht or euer it vaikit. |
| 1841 Lytton Nt. & Morn. (1851) 111 There they were, romping and rouping in the garden, like a couple of gaol birds. 1892 Mrs. A. S. Menteath Lays Kirk & Covenant 24 Let heretics both rave and roup. |
† b. trans. To proclaim or utter with a loud voice. Obs.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iii. i. 129 The lattir halsing syne lowde [we] schowtit thrise, Rowpand at anis, adew! Ibid. iv. viii. 129 Or lyk Orestes,..Rowpit and sung quhow he his modir fled. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 96 These slaves of Sathan..rowped as thei had bein ravinis, yea, rather thei yelled and rored as devillis in hell, ‘Heresy! heresy!’ |
† c. To invoke loudly. Obs. rare.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iv. ix. 75 Thre hundreth goddis with hir mouth rowpit sche. Ibid. xi. 51 Thow Proserpyne, quhilk, by our gentile lawis, Art rowpit hie, and ȝellit lowd by nycht. |
2. To sell or let by auction.
| 1568 Lauder Minor P. ii. 37 Iustice is rowpit, as vtheris waris; This is most plane, and nocht obscure. 1574 Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 391 To caus rowp the said croft and myre. 1590 Ibid. IV. 534 That the small custumes..micht be yeirlie roupit and sett to the best availl. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. lxxxviii. 225 If men and angels were rouped and sold at the dearest price. 1693 Stair Instit. i. xvi. (ed. 2) 135 Either to take his part at such a rate,..or Roup his own part when he pleases. 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 213 Those poor Fishermen..must pay it,..or have their Houshold furniture distrained and roupt for the Payment of it. 1827 Scott Jrnl. 11 Apr., The parks were rouped for {pstlg}100 a year more than they brought last year. 1879 Scotsman 22 Mar., The Linlithgow town and bridge customs were rouped yesterday. 1889 Barrie Window in Thrums 90 His effects were rouped before I knew him. |
b. To sell up (a person).
| c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. VI. 61 He has since heard..that they had been rouped out at the door. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 342 Squire Kirtle..May roup his farmers. 1871 C. Gibbon Lack of Gold viii, It was not Angus's fault that he was rouped. |
Hence ˈrouping ppl. a.
| 1530 Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 1083 The rowpand Reuin said: sweit syster, lat se Ȝour holy intent. |