roup
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Etymology
Origin of roup1
First recorded in 1550–60; origin uncertain
Origin of roup2
First recorded in 1575–85; probably imitative
Origin of roup3
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English roupen “to cry, shout,” from Old Norse raupa “to boast” (or hrōpa “to shout; to slander, defame”)
Example Sentences
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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fall and winter are the seasons of roup, while it is poorly housed and poorly fed flocks that most commonly suffer from this disease.
From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
To bring them into a warm, tightly closed house is to invite general debility and an epidemic of colds, catarrh, roup and other allied diseases.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
Answer—The roup may be brought upon healthy fowls if they are shut up in narrow and unventilated quarters at night, and of days turned out in cold or wet weather.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
Birds occasionally recover, but are generally useless after having had roup.
From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
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