Meaning of roose | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To flatter or praise.
   Scotland, dialectal
2. To be proud.
   Scotland, dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like⟳ the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?”

“He roosed my e'en, sae bonnie blue, He roosed my waist sae genty sma' And aye my heart came to my mou' When ne'er a body heard or saw⟳.”

“For some of them ha'e roosed their hawks, And some other their hounds; And some other their ladies fair, As the roosing went the rounds.”

“You will have⟳ seen how a' the newspapers roosed the skatin o' an offisher, that they said lived in the Castle.”

“I suld ha'e said ' Ye're a' that's guid,' I suld ha'e sung, ' Ye're a' that's bonnie,' I suld ha'e roosed your race⟳ an' bluid — O' a' the three I've ne'er dune ony.”

“They danced round and round their merry Jockie Faw, And roosed the gypsie laddie.”

“I'll cock my nose aboon them a' — I'm roosed by Craigengillan !”

“A'm roosed — a'm roosed to deeds o' bluid, ye ken, when ye tell⟳ me a canna gaff a fusshe ! Tak aff yere coat, mon, for a'm roosed to deeds o' bluid.”

“Mrs. Tam, like⟳ all decent people in the village, was "real roosed."”

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