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rouped, a. Sc. and north. Also 8–9 roupet, -it, and rooped. [f. roup n.3 + -ed.] Affected with hoarseness; hoarse.1677– [see rooped a.]. 1786 Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer ii, Alas! my roupet Muse is haerse! 1806 A. Douglas Poems 29 Is your throat no dry an' roupit Whistlin a' day loud an' sweet? 1897 ...
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rooped
rooped, a. Sc. and north. dial. Also 7 roopt, 9 roopit, -et, and rouped. [f. roop n.1] Hoarse.1677 Nicolson in Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1870) IX. 316 Roopt, hoarse with bawling. 1822 Scott Nigel xv, He had something of a catarrh, and spoke as hoarse as a roopit raven. 1881 J. L. Robertson in Edwards Mod...
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The Scots Courant reported in 1712 that New Mills was to be "rouped" (auctioned).
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▪ 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 ...
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comprise
comprise, v. (kəmˈpraɪz) Also 5–7 compryse, 5 Sc. compris, 7–9 comprize. [f. F. comprendre (pa. pple. and pret. Ind. compris):—L. comprendĕre, contr. from comprehendĕre to comprehend. Probably formed by association with emprise, and possibly with enterprise, both of which verbs were derivatives from...
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avayle
▪ I. avail, v. (əˈveɪl) Forms: 4–7 au- avail(e, au- avayle, 4–5 au- availl(e, aveile, 5–6 au- avaylle, avayl, aduayle, 4– avail. North. 4–5 avalȝe, awaill, awailȝe, awayle, 5–6 awale: see av-. [Not in Fr.; apparently formed on the simple vail v. (ad. F. vaille, f. valoir to be worth:—L. valēre) as i...
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