A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Rouget(te, n. (OF rouget name given to two kinds of sea-fish (F. barbet and grondin) (1130 in Larousse) because of their reddish colour, f. rouge red.) —1456 Hay II 137/31.
The best fische has the maist hard skyn, as is gueddes, perchis, bremes, lussis, rougettis [pr. rongettis]
