roose

Example Sentences

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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 A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1 by Maclaren, Ian

Begins, “The roose as saith the philosopher Plinius hath doble verteus.”

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

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 Rogers, Charles

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