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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Ruk,) Rouk, Rowk, v.2 [Ruk n. Cf. later Sc. (18th c.) and Eng. dial. ruck.] tr. To form into a stack or stacks. —1607 Crim. Trials II 531.
Cuming to the feildis quhair the saidis peise war roukit a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 67.
The peiss is langest a dying, for ten or twelf days after they be shorne they must be rowkitt four or fyve dayes before they be stackitt in the barne yairde
