An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

C. B. rhwth, large, capacious.

Routhie, adj. Plentiful, S.
Burns.

ROUTHLESS, adj. Profane, Fife.

E. ruthless used in a particular sense.

ROUTHURROK, s. The bernacle goose, Orkn.
Leslie.

Isl. hrota, bernacla.

To ROW, v. a.
1. To roll.
Douglas.
2. To elapse.
Douglas.
3. To revolve.
Id.

To row about, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.

ROWAN, ROWING, s. A flake of wool, S.
Edin. Encycl.
To Cast a Rowan, to bear an illegitimate child.
Gl. Sibb.

ROWAN, s. Auld rowan, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.
Philotus.