Lexicographical Neighbors of Rooser
Literary usage of Rooser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"rooser, ». A watering-pan, SB This might seem a ' figurative term, from the u»e
of water for roofing ... [To rooser, ». в. To water with a watering- pan, ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"A man is said to be a rooser who does anything very well. Line. ROOST, v. To drive.
Devon. ROOST-COCK,«. The common cock. Dev. ROOT, s. (1) A rut. Glouc. ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A man ia said to be a rooser who does anything very well. Line. ROOST, v. To drive.
Davon. ROOST-COCK, ». The common cock. (2) The sum total. ROOTAGE, ». ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"rooser. ». A rouser. A man il said to be a rooter who does anything very well.
Line. ROOST, v. To drive. Devon. ROOST-COCK, ». ..."
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