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Rouane, Rowane,
Rouane [ˈrʌuən]
pn. Rouen (France).
paet-roog, peat-roug, reu, roo, roog, roug,
roug [I.Sh. rug, ru]
n. A small heap or pile.
v. To make a heap or pile.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
peat-roug: A pile of peats awaiting collection.
rook, rookie, rooky, rouk, roukie, rouky, rowk, ruke,
rouk [ruk, rok]
n. A mist, fog, a drizzle. I. Smoke.
v. I.Sh. To smoke a pipe.
 
roukie [ˈruki, ˈroki]
adj. Misty, damp, drizzly, muggy.
rack, rackle, rauk, rook, rookle, rouk, roukle, ruck, ruckle,
rouk [ruk]
also roukle [rukl]
n. A quarrel, uproar, disturbance. Bosierous company. A severe scolding.
rook, rouk,
rouk [ruk]
n. The chess piece also known as a castle.
Room, Roome, Roum,
Roum [rum]
pn. Rome (Italy).
roon, roonin, roun, rounin, rune, runin,
roun [run]
n. A whisper, a secret story.
v. To whisper, to impart in a low tone. To keep on repeating, to go on and on talking of the same thing.
 
The form rune meaning a letter of an ancient Germanic alphabet or a cryptic rhyme or incantation, from a Scandinavian source, entered English after roun became obsolete.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rounin: Whispering.
roop, roup, roupit, rowpit, stoup_an_roup, stoup_and_roup,
roup [rup, rʌup]
v. To plunder, rob. To prune a hedge or tree very severely.
pt. pp. roupit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stoup and roup: Absolutely.
 
See rouk also.
Rousay, Rousee, Rousie,
Rousay [ˈruse, ˈrusi]
pn. Rousay (Orkney).
Roosha, Rooshae, Rooshay, Rooshian, Rooshian, Rooshie, Rooshya, Roosie, Roushae, Roushia, Roushie,
Roushie [ˈruʃe]
pn. Russia.
adj. Russian.

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