[Sca-cooks] 'roo talk

Johnna Holloway johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Thu Mar 20 08:47:15 PDT 2008


OED has 'roo  as in an abbreviation for kangaroo as dating to 1904.
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> ROO as a verb *roo* r/u/enticons/macr.gif/, v.trans. To strip (sheep) 
> of wool by hand; to pluck (wool) in this manner.
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>    * *1612* [see vbl. sb. below].
>    * *1615* /Acts Lawting Sheriff Orkney/ (Maitland Cl.) 175 It is
>      statut and ordanit that it sall nocht be lesum to no maner of
>      persone nor persones to rowing [/sic/] ony scheip unto the tyme
>      they be lawfullie warnit.
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> *roo**,* sb.1 Obs.-1    A wheel. *? A. 1400* /Morte Arth./ 3374, I 
> salle redily rolle þe roo at þe gayneste. [Cf. 3388 Abowte scho 
> whirles the whele;]
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> Lastly *roo**,* var. ro  obs. f. roe row   which is A small species of 
> deer (/Capreolus capræa/, formerly /Cervus capreolus/) inhabiting 
> various parts of Europe and Asia; a deer belonging to this species.
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>    * /enticons/greek/agr.gif *C. 725* /Corpus Gloss./ 403 /Capria/, raha.
>    * *C. 875* /Erfurt Gloss./ 1161 /Capriolus/, raa.
*C. 1400* /Rom. Rose/ 7048 *Roo-venisoun y-bake in paste.

Hope this helps

Johnnae
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