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▪ I. roupy, a.1|ˈruːpɪ|
Also 9 roopy.
[f. roup n.2]
Of poultry: Affected with the roup (inflammation of the rump-gland).
1722De Foe Plague (Bohn) 165 The breath of such a person would poison..even a cock or hen:..it would cause them to be roupy, as they call it. 1823New Monthly Mag. VIII. 501 Fast he sat as roopy turkey-poult. [1830‘B. Moubray’ Poultry (ed. 6) 73 Imposthume upon the rump is called roup. ] Ibid. 74 Roupy hens seldom lay.
▪ II. roupy, a.2|ˈruːpɪ|
[f. roup n.3]
1. Hoarse, husky.
1808Jamieson s.v. Roup, A peculiar sense,..denoting..hoarseness of voice, as the adj. roupy is now used. 1872F. W. Robinson Bridge of Glass ii. i, The sheep grew wheezy and roupy and unnaturally dispirited. 1898Munro J. Splendid iv. 48 The crows..complained in a rasping roupy chorus.
2. Of poultry: Affected with the roup (purulent catarrh). Also, pertaining to the roup.
1830‘B. Moubray’ Poultry (ed. 6) 32 Cocks..are liable to become aguish,..perhaps, in the end, turning roopy or glandered. Ibid. 74 When the malady becomes confirmed, with running at the nostrils, swollen eyes, and other well-known symptoms, they are termed Roupy. c1877L. Wright Bk. Poultry 199 The characteristic roupy discharge.
fig.1863Quinn Heather Lintie 64 Wi' dark, bedimmed, dull roupy e'en..We slowly staumer on.
▪ III. roupy
obs. form of rupee. |