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▪ I. † roo, n.1 Obs.—1
[ad. OF. roe (mod.F. roue):—L. rota. Cf. row n.3]
A wheel.
a1400Morte Arth. 3374, I salle redily rolle þe roo at þe gayneste. [Cf. 3388 Abowte scho whirles the whele.]
▪ II. roo, v.1 Orkney and Shetland dial.|ruː|
Forms: 7–8 row, 8–9 rue, 9– roo.
[Of Scand. origin, corresponding to Norw. dial. rua, Icel. rýja (pa. tense rúði, pa. pple. rúinn).]
trans. To strip (sheep) of wool by hand; to pluck (wool) in this manner.
1612[see rooing vbl. n. below]. 1615Acts Lawting Sheriff Orkney (Maitland Cl.) 175 It is statut and ordanit that it sall nocht be lesum to no maner of persone nor persones to rowing [sic] ony scheip unto the tyme they be lawfullie warnit. 1629Ibid. 205 That nane tak..nor row sheip on Sonday. a1733Shetland Acts 8 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scotl. XXVI. (1892) 198 That none mark lambs or row sheep..but at the sight of sufficient witnesses. 1809A. Edmonston Zetland II. 211 About the middle of May, when the fleece begins to loosen spontaneously, it is pulled off with the hand; this operation is called rooing the sheep. 1856E. Edmondston Sk. & Tales Shetland xiv. 175 The wool is never shorn, but rooed, that is, pulled with the fingers from the creature's back, lock by lock.
Hence ˈrooing vbl. n. Also attrib.
1612Acts Lawting Sheriff Orkney (Maitland Cl.) 160 Act for Thift, Rowing and pulling of Scheip. 1807J. Hall in Bulwark (1905) June 140/2 Nor does this operation, here called ‘rooing’, seem to give the animal the smallest pain, if performed at the proper season. 1822Hibbert Descr. Shetl. Isl. 439 At the same time the general rueing begins. 1883R. M. Fergusson Rambles xvi. 104 It is the rooing day, when sheep are shorn.
▪ III. roo
var. ro, rest; obs. f. roe, row. |