Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roup"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roup \Roup\, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hr?pan to cry out, G. rufen,
Goth. hr?pian. Cf. {Roop}.]
To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roup \Roup\, n.
1. 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.
2. A disease in poultry. See {Pip}.
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