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(Rufe,) Ruif(f, v.1 Also: rouf. [e.m.E. rof(e (c1475); Ruf(e n.1] a. intr. Only in the phr. rufe and pan, pan and rufe (= to build a roof), s.v. Pan v.1 b. tr. To furnish with a roof. — 1612 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 327.
For … repairing the tofall callit the weiolers schalmer quhilk man be new roufit 1635 Thanes of Cawdor 278.
In suafar as the said tour fortalice was than windticht and waterticht sufficiently sklaittit and ruiffit with timber and sklait 1638 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 410.
They find the steipill head suld be ruiffit and theikit with leid
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