A phrase applied to races of strong and furious tides, which set in between the Orkney and Shetland Islands, as those of Sumburgh and the Start.
·vt ·see <<Roust>>, ·vt. II. Roost ·noun <<Roast>>. III. Roost ·noun A collection of fowls roostin...
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Stealing poultry. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose