ROUP

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2.
n.

An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson. To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. J. C. Shairp.

3.
n.

A disease in poultry. See Pip.

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