Lexicographical Neighbors of Roosed
Literary usage of Roosed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. By Lake and River: An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland by Francis Francis (1874)
"Tak aff yere coat, mon, for a'm roosed to deeds o' bluid. ... Whether Tam thought
my friend looked as if he, too, "was roosed to deeds o' bluid, ..."
2. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"An old Scottish ballad, in narrating the conversation of a company of young
gallants, says :— And some of them have roosed their hawks, And some have ..."
3. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"Hae na ye roosed my cherry-red mou ? Hae na ye come ower sea, muir, and mountain ?
What mair, my dear Johnie, need ye for to woo ? Far hae ye wander'd, ..."
4. The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs of Scotland Subsequent to Burns by Charles Rogers (1882)
"Hae na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? What mair, Johnnie, need ye to woo!
Far ye wander'd, I ken, my dear laddie ; Now that ..."
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