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▪ I. roove, n. Sc.|røv|
In 6 rufe, pl. ruvis, 9 dial. ruove, röv.
[var. of rove n.2]
A burr for a rivet. Cf. rew n.3
1513Douglas æneis i. iii. 49 [The ship] quhairin ancyant Alethes was, The storme ourset, raif ruvis and syde semis. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 140 With..pleven plait with mony riall rufe, With courtlie cast of cot-armour abufe. Ibid. II. 167 Throw birneis bricht quhair all thair ruvis raue. 1892George Stewart Shetland Tales (ed. 2) 70 Dey wir biggit wi' timmer pins, bit efter dey cam hame dey were clinkit wi' seam an' ruove.
▪ II. roove
variant of rove n.3 and n.5
▪ III. roove, v.1 Sc.|røv|
Also 6 ruiff, 9 dial. riv.
[f. roove n.]
trans. To rivet, secure with a rivet.
1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 136 (1814) III. 522/1 Þat þer be a prik of Irne,..passing throw þe middis of þe said ovir corss bar, Ruiffit bayth onder and abone. 1646Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 403 If this naill be once rooved, we with our teeth will never gett it drawne. a1678A. Wedderburn Serm. xxx. 277 The Mediator..hath driven the nail, and rooved it so fast, that there were no possibility to draw it again. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., My fellow went up and roov'd that nail on the other side. 1890Service Notandums ix. 64 It was an airn ring rooved in a muckle stane.
fig.1654A. Gray Serm. (1755) viii. 141 The great Voice of our Consciences and of all the Convictions which God rooves upon them. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. v. iii, The Lord o' Heaven..Confirm your joys, and a' your blessings roove! 1791J. Learmont Poems 58 Guid is roovit to nae state: It comes to us an' lea'es the great.
▪ IV. roove, v.2 Mining.|ruːv|
(See quot.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining 206 Roove, to rub or knock against the roof. |