roose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of roose
1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise
Example Sentences
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He'd gloat over a dollar like it was a charlotte roose, Huggins would.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak a stand; he fair hauds them in bondage.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
I spak' till him, an' tried to roose him, wi' ae thing after anither, bit I micht as weel hae spoken to the door-cheek, for a' the notice that he took.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
Faites mes baissemains respectueuses, To sentimental sister Susie, And honest Lucky; no to roose you, Ye may be proud, That sic a couple Fate allows ye, To grace your blood.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
“Rachel had ay a gude roose of hersel’,” said Becky Glibbans, as Miss Isabella concluded.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John
"Sall, Domsie was roosed," Drumsheugh explained in the Muirtown inn next market.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
We've mair tae dae in Drumtochty than attend tae every bairn that hes a sair stomach,' and a' saw MacLure wes roosed.
From A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1 by Maclaren, Ian
Hae na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
He roosed my een, sae bonnie blue, He roos’d my waist sae genty sma’, And ay my heart came to my mou’ When ne’er a body heard or saw.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Noo this roosed ma suspicions, for it's against reason for a man tae be dividing intae classes till the end o' his sermon.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
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