roose

1. (Scotland, dialect) to flatter or praise.Examples: "Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?"; "He roosed my e'en, sae bonnie blue, He roosed my waist sae genty sma' And aye my heart came to my mou' When ne'er a body heard or saw."; "For some of them ha'e roosed their hawks, And some other their hounds; And some other their ladies fair, As the roosing went the rounds."Scotlanddialectal

2. (Scotland, dialect) to be proud.Examples: "I'll cock my nose aboon them a' — I'm roosed by Craigengillan !"; "A'm roosed — a'm roosed to deeds o' bluid, ye ken, when ye tell me a canna gaff a fusshe ! Tak aff yere coat, mon, for a'm roosed to deeds o' bluid."; "Mrs. Tam, like all decent people in the village, was "real roosed.""Scotlanddialectal