Alas! my roopit Muse is hearse! Burns, Prayer to the Scotch Representatives

roopy (rö'pi), a. [ Also (Sc.) roupy; He said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse-a little roopy was his exact expre ion. Dickens , David Copper field, vii. roorback (rörʼbak), n . [So called in allusion to certain fictions, published in the United States in 1844, devised for political purposes, but purporting to be taken from the "Travels of Baron Roorbach ."] A fictitious story published for political effect; a "campaign lie." [U. S.] Roosa (rösä), n . See Rusa . roosa-oil (rö ́sä-oil), n . See rusa - oil . roose (röz), v. t.; pret. and pp. roosed , ppr. roosing . [Also dial. rose , ruse ; rosen , hrōsa , praise, extol, boast, = Sw. rosa = Dan. rose , praise.] To extol; commend highly. [Now only Scotch.] To rose him [the king] in his rialty rych men soztten [sought]. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1371. To roose you up, and ca' you guid.