roose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of roose
1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise
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He'd gloat over a dollar like it was a charlotte roose, Huggins would.
From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis
Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak a stand; he fair hands them in bondage.
From A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1 by Ian Maclaren
Lips, like the roses, fresh moisten'd wi' dew; Say, maun I roose your een's pawkie scorning?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak' a stand; he fair hands them in bondage.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Forgive the Bard! my fond regard For ane that shares my bosom, Inspires my Muse to gie 'm his dues For deil a hair I roose him.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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 Charles Rogers
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 Ian Maclaren
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 Ian Maclaren
“Andrew Black was an auld freend o’ mine, an’ a big, stoot, angry man he is—kindly disposed, nae doot, when ye let him alane, but a perfe’t deevil incarnate when he’s roosed.
From Hunted and Harried by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Robert Burns
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