Roup (?), v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hrpan to cry out, G. rufen, Goth. hrpian. Cf. Roop.]
To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
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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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