A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Rug, n.2 Also: rugg, ruge, rwg; roug; rooge. [e.m.E. rugge (1551–2), perh. of Scand. origin. Cf. Norw. dial. rugga, rogga coarse coverlet, ON rogg (whence Rag n.).]
1. A rough woollen stuff; a kind of coarse frieze. Also attrib. and comb.(a) 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX 296.
Aucht elneis of Inglis rug price thairof xl s. 1674 Cunningham Diary 44.
For 2 ells half ell of rugg to be a coat, £5 c1690 Weaver's Acc. Bk.
For rwg and harden 1691 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 22 May.(b) 1609 Edinb. Test. XLV 134.
Ane pece rougattrib. and comb. 1678 Wodrow Hist. (1829) II 413.
Rugg coats 1682 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 14 Oct.
Tuo ells and ane halfe of rug cloath
2. A large piece of rough woollen stuff for use as a coverlet or blanket.1610 Hist. Kinloss A. xi.
Ane Irische roug of woll 1623 Fraser P. 236.
Twa coddis with ane quhytt rooge 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 26 Sept.
A whyte rug and a whyt blankit 1632 Inv. Newark 3a.
Ane grograin bed … with ane grein rug to it 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII 145.
Tua ruges with ane peire of old hingings 1654 Glasgow B. Rec. II 297.
Ane blew ruge, ane pair of walkit blanketis ?1666 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 8.
Ten rugs pryce of the peice overheid £4 inde £40 1678 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 26 May.
