Roup

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roup \Roup\, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hr?pan to cry out, G. rufen,
     Goth. hr?pian. Cf. {Roop}.]
     To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.]
     --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roup \Roup\, n.
     1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scot.]
        --Jamieson.
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              To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over.
                                                    --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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     2. A disease in poultry. See {Pip}.
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