roup
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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do not scrape the tongue, nor cut off the tip, but cure the roup, diarrhœa, bad digestion, gapes, or whatever the disease may be, and the pip will disappear.
There should also be a medicine dropper, such as is used to fill fountain pens, and a small sewing machine oil can to use in cases of roup.
From Profitable Squab Breeding by Carl Dare
The auctioneer was screamed at for favouring his friends, and at times the roup became so noisy that men and women had to be forcibly ejected.
From Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Cramp, roup, and some other diseases, more frequently arise from stagnant wet in the soil than from any other cause.
