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Simpson (Postscript). Her face was like the lily roon That veils the vestal planet's hue. J. R. Drake , Culprit Fay. [ Roon in this pa age is usually explained as 'vermilion,' apparently after Hall i well, who defines the Middle English roone , properly 'roan,' in one pa age as 'vermilion.'] roop (röp), v . i. [Also dial. (Sc.) roup ; ropen , hrōpan (pret. hreóp ) = OS. hrōpan = OFries. hrópa = D. roepen = MLG. ropen = OHG. hruofan , ruofan , MHG. ruofen , G. rufen , cry out; also in weak form, OHG. ruofen , MHG. rüefen , cry out, = Icel. hrópa , call, cry out, in old use slander, = Sw. ropa = Dan. raabe , aabe , cry out, = Goth. hrōpjan , cry out. Cf. roup .] 1. To cry; shout. [Obsolete or prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 2. To roar; make a great noise. And a ropand rayne raiked fro the heuyn. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4631. IMG:content-2450.png:[blocks in formation]