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Meaning of ROUP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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