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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Roseager, n. (Also in the later dial. as roseeagar (1704), roseayer (erron., 1706; thereafter appar. obs.), var. of e.m.E. rosager (1592), rosaker (1598), realgar. In Sc., ‘applied to darnel because of its … narcotic properties’ (SND, s.v. Roseegar), similar to those of realgar.) —1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 75.
Darnel, (which they call roseager) Ib.
This roseager, being narcotick, occasions strangers to find fault with our ale

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