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▪ I. roguing, vbl. n.|ˈrəʊgɪŋ|
[f. rogue v.]
†1. The action of wandering about the country; tramping from one place to another as a rogue or vagrant; also, an instance of this. Obs.
1577Harrison Descr. Brit. iii. v, For their idle roging about the countrie, the law ordeineth this maner of correction. c1585R. Browne Answ. Cartwright 3 Beyng children of Death, euen for smaller Theftes, Felonyes, Roginges, and Wanderinges. 1631Heylin St. George 106 Here..he left off his roaguing, and began his Villanies. 1651W. Sheppard England's Balm (1657) 28 The common offences of Swearing, Drunkenness,..Vagrancy or Roguing.
transf.1681Otway Soldier's Fort. ii. i, Here's the ring you set a roguing.
2. Playing the rogue, knave, or rascal. † Also in phr. to go a-roguing.
1619Fletcher Mons. Thomas iii. i, This was thy Roguing, For thou wert ever whispering; fye upon thee. 1697Vanbrugh Relapse iii. ii, You'll never leave roguing, I see that. 1706Estcourt Fair Example ii. ii, You are going a rogueing. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 546 Nothing else but the Hopes of going a Roguing brought him to do it.
3. Hort. The elimination of inferior plants.
1858Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 122 The ‘roguing’, as nursery-men call the destroying of varieties which depart from their type. 1859― Orig. Species i. (1860) 34 The destruction of horses under a certain size was ordered, and this may be compared to the ‘roguing’ of plants by nurserymen. 1968Punch 18 Sept. 410/3 Any plants not true to type are removed by systematic ‘roguing’, which may account for a further ton per acre. 1978Hide & Lapwood in P. M. Harris Potato Crop xi. 432 Roguing (negative selection) and later multiplication from disease-free plants (positive selection) were used to improve the health of seed.
▪ II. ˈroguing, ppl. a.
[f. rogue v. + -ing2.]
Wandering, living, or acting like a rogue.
1581Hanmer Jesuites Banner c j b, I woulde..that you..sufred the roging Jesuites beyond the seas, to performe your vowes. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 75 You are found in that penury, that the rouing and roging stagers are. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. i. ii. 26 This base roguing and cozening Empiricke. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 53 Perhaps some roguing Boy that managed the Puppets, turned the City wrong.
fig.1598Marston Sco. Villanie ii. v. 197 Faire age! When..roguing vertue brings a man defame. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 610 This roguing sentence wee would haue suffered to wander still. |