transitive. To sell or let at a roup (roup, n.3); to put up for public auction, frequently as a result of financial hardship. Also with off, out…

to sell at a pike: to sell by auction. Obsolete. rare.

In allusive phrases or uses. to sell at the spear, to put,etc., under the spear, to sell by auction. to pass under the spear, to ‘come under the…

To ‘knock down’ at an auction: see to knock down 3 at phrasal verbs.

transitive. To sell by auction. Obsolete.

To sell out by auction. Obsolete.

To dispose of by auction. Chiefly Irish English.

To dispose of (an article) to a bidder at an auction sale by a knock with a hammer or mallet.

To sell by auction.

To sell by auction.