ROWSTE, _vb._ "to cry with a rough voice." Douglas, III, 304, 11. O.N. _raust_, the voice. Dan. _röst_, Sw. _röst_, Norse _ryest_. Cp. O.N. _rausa_, to talk loud or fast. Shetland _ruz_ (Cl. and V.). The Sco. vb. seems to be formed from a sb. _rowste_, which occurs in Orm. ROWT, ROUT, _vb._ to cry out, roar. Lyndsay, 538, 4353; Montg., F., 501; Rolland, IV, 406. O.N. _rauta_, O. Ic. _rǫuta_, to roar, to bellow, Norse _rauta_, _ræuta_, Sw. dial. _röta_, id. The Sw. word exhibits the E. Scand. monophthongation, which took place in Dan. about 900. ROWT, _sb._ loud clamor. Poet. R., 157; Ramsay, I, 251. See vb. _rowt_. RUCKLE, RICLE, _sb._ a little heap of anything. Lyndsay, 539, 4356; Burns, 596; M.W., 114, 3. See Wall under _rook_. _Ruckle_ is the form of the word in Edinburgh dial. May be Eng. Skeat considers Eng. _ruck_ Scand. and _rick_ Eng., but in Scotland the one may be simply a variant of the other, not necessarily a doublet. Cp. _fill_ and _full_. RUIK, a heap. Lyndsay, 454, 2079; 494, 3075. Spelled _ruck_, meaning "a cock of hay," in Ramsay's "The Gentle Shepherd," 160. See Wall, under _rook_. Cp. Cu. _ruck_, the chief part, the majority. ROOP AND STOOP. Ramsay, II, 527; M.W. 203, 8; 214, 5. Cp. _rubb og stubb_, every particle. Aasen defines "löst og fast, smaat og stort, selja rubb og stubb," sell everything, dispose of all one has; literally "stump and piece," "rump and stump." Used exactly the same way in Sco. Of very frequent occurrence in this sense in Norway. RUND, ROOND, ROON, _sb._ the border of a web, the edge. Burns, 596. O.N. _rond_, rim, border, Dan. _rand_, a line, seam, the border, Norse _rand_, _rond_, a streak, seam, edge, border. Cp. Cu. _randit_, streaked, Norse _randet_, id. RUNSIK, _vb._ to ransack. Wallace, VII, 120. O.N. _rannsaka_, to search a house, Norse _ransaka_, from _ran_, house, and _saka_, _söka_, seek. See Skeat, and Kluge and Lutz. RUSARE, _sb_, a flatterer. R.R., 3356. See _ruse_. RUSE, ROOSE, RUSS (rūs), _vb._ to praise, to boast, pride oneself. Douglas, II, 57, 8; Rolland, I, 389; R.R., 2823. O.N. _rósa_, older _hrósa_, to praise, Norse _rosa_, Dan. _rose_, Sw. _rosa_, M.E. (_h_)_rosen_, Lincolnshire _rose_, _reouse_, Cu. _roose_. RUSE, _sb._ praise, a boast. Dunbar, T. M.W., 431; Sat. P., 12, 17. O.N. _hrós_, praise, Norse, Dan. _ros_. SAIKLESS, _adj._ innocent. Lyndsay, 545, 4563. O.N. _saklauss_, O.E. _saclēas_. The O.E. word is a loan-word from O. Nh. See Steenstrup, 210-211. In modern Eng. dial. the form is generally _sackless_. SAIKLESSNESS, _sb._ innocence, innocency. Psalms, XXVI, 6, 11; LXXIII, 13. See _saikless_. SAIT, _sb._ session, court. Dunbar, 79, 41. O.N. _sǽti_, seat, sitting, Norse _sæte_, id. See Skeat under _seat_.