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

3. To place.
Keith.

Germ. raum-en, in ordine disponere.

Rowme, Roume, s.
1. Space.
Wyntown.
2. A possession in land.
Bellenden.
3. Situation as to preaching.
Spotswood.
4. Official situation.
Baillie.
5. Ordinal relation.
R. Bruce.
6. Place in a literary work.
Wodrow.

A. S. Su. G. rum, place of any kind.

Rowme, Roume, Room, adj.
1. Large.
Wallace.

A. S. Su. G. rum, Teut. ruym, amplus.

2. Clear, empty.
Ferguson.

Teut. ruym, vacuus.

Rowmly, adv. Largely.
Wyntown.

To ROWMYSS.
V. [Rummyss].