roose
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Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Ye did richt tae resist him; it 'ill maybe roose the Glen tae mak a stand; he fair hauds them in bondage.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren
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 John Mackay Wilson
“Rachel had ay a gude roose of hersel’,” said Becky Glibbans, as Miss Isabella concluded.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt
And the frenche molinet, moralizinge the Romant of the roose in frenche, and turnynge it oute of verse into proese, writeth, Ha si i’eusse creu Theophraste, &c.
From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by G. H. (George Henry) Kingsley
“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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Robert Burns
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 Charles Rogers
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 Ian Maclaren
"Sall, Domsie was roosed," Drumsheugh explained in the Muirtown inn next market.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren
