roose

[ rooz; Scot. also rœz ]

/ ruz; Scot. also rœz /

Chiefly Scot.

Nearby words

1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise

Roose was careful to let evangelicals explain their beliefs for themselves and sometimes, to fall on their own swords.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"I don't think a student has ever asked me that," the dean told Roose.
Inside America's Holiest University|Johanna Piazza|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Begins, “The roose as saith the philosopher Plinius hath doble verteus.”
The Old English Herbals|Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
And after dinner, in the drawing-room, Lady Cecilia did introduce me to two girls—the Roose girls—you know.
The Visits of Elizabeth|Elinor Glyn

By a retrospective law, Roose was sentenced to be boiled to death, which was done accordingly.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction,|Various
And this is a perfectly serious question, although it certainly sounds as if it were only intended for a Roose.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891|Various