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raan, ranty, rawen, roan, rowan, rown,
rowan [ˈrʌuən]
n. The mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia and its fruit.
 
See rodden also.
inrow, inrowe, inrowed, inrowement, inrowment, rauled, rollit, rollt, rou, rouin, roul, row, row$d, row$t, row$t, row-chow, rowd, rowe, rowe$t, rowe$t, rowe-chowe, rowed, rowein, rowen, rower, rowie, rowin, rowl, rowl$d, rowld, rowle, rowled, rowlie-powlie, rowly-powly, rown, rowy,
rowe [rʌu]
n. A roll. The run of a river. A list of names. The high-water mark on a beach.
dim. rowie A flaky bread roll made with a lot of butter.
v. To roll, to wheel, to trundle or impel forward. To tie, wrap. To row a boat.
pt. rowed
pp. rowed, rowen adj. Rolled, wrapped, enveloped.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
inrowe: To enrol. pt. pp. inrowed.
inrowment: Enrolment.
rowe-chowe [-ˈtʃʌu]: To roll and tumble. Mixed up, tangled, in confusion.
rower [ˈrʌuər]: A roller. A rolling pin. Wool rolled between cards in preparation for spinning.
rowin [ˈrʌuɪn]: Rolling, wraping. Rowing a boat.
rowe it contracted rowe't: Roll it.
rowlie-powlie: Roly-poly. A game, ninepins. A kind of pudding.
rowe up: To wind a clock etc.
Rowlan, Rowlan$, Rowland,
Rowland [ˈrʌulən(d)]
n. The personal name Roland.
roap, rolp, roop, roopet, roopid, roopie, roopit, roopy, rope, ropit, roup, rouped, roupet, roupie, roupit, roupy, rowp, rowpie, rowpit, rowpy,
rowp [rʌup, rup]
n. A sale or let by public auction. Hoarseness.
v. To sell or let by public auction. To turn out a bankrupt and sell their belongings. To cry, shout, roar, croak.
pt. pp. rowpit. adj. Hoarse, as with a cold.
 
rowpie [ˈrʌupi, ˈrupi]
adj. Coarse, rough, husky.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rowp oot: To sell up by auction.
roust, rowst,
rowst [rʌust]
n. A roar, bellow or loud penetrating noise. The act of roaring or bellowing. A sudden start, a spurt of action.
v. To shout, roar, bellow. To arouse, stir to action, rout out. To bestir oneself.
root, rootin, rout, routin, rowt, rowte, rowtin,
rowt [rʌut, rut]
n. The lowing or bellowing of cattle. The act of bellowing. A shout, outcry, uproar, clamour.
v. Of animals: to low loudly, to bellow, to roar. Of wind or water etc.: to roar loudly. Of a bell: to toll, to make a loud din. To play on a horn, to toot a horn, to sound loudly: To break wind.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rowtin [ˈrʌutɪn, ˈrutɪn]: Bellowing, roaring, fussing.
routh, routhie, routhy, rowth, rowthie, rowthy, scowth-an$-rowth, scowth-and-rowth, scowth-an-rowth,
rowth [rʌuθ]
also C. routh [ruθ]
n. Plenty, abundance, profusion.
adj. Plentiful, abundant, profuse, well-endowed.
 
rowthie also C. routhie [ˈruθi]
adj. Having plenty.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
scowth-and-rowth: Freedom to range and plenty of food.
Rootin_Burn, Routin_Burn, Rowtin_Burn,
Rowtin Burn [ˈrutənbʌrn]
pn. Routing Burn (Borders).
Rootin_Wheel, Routin_Wheel, Routin_Wheel,
Rowtin Wheel [ˈrʌutənʍil]
pn. Routen Wheel (Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland).
Roxburgh, Roxburrie,
Roxburgh [ˈroksbʌrɛ, ˈrogzbʌrə]
pn. Roxburgh (Borders).

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