roose

verb 2name 2

Definitions

verb

1

To flatter or praise.

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.

2

To be proud.

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.

name

1

A surname.

2

An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269).

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