roup

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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ay, ay," she cried, "thump them and drive them into the shed, Giles, that they may be ready for the roup o' our plenishing and stocking.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

Birds occasionally recover, but are generally useless after having had roup.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

To bring them into a warm, tightly closed house is to invite general debility and an epidemic of colds, catarrh, roup and other allied diseases.

From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.

Having cried a potato roup he would sometimes add a word of warning, such as, "I wudna advise ye, lads, to hae onything to do wi' thae tatties; they're diseased."

From Auld Licht Idylls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)