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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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
The cauld morality that never made ony ane mair moral, taks nae hand o’ the people; an’ patronage, as meikle’s they roose it, winna keep up either kirk or manse o’ itsel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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 Burns, Robert
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
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
“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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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
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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