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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ROUCHLE, v, n.  Also roochle.

I. v. To toss about, agitate, shake roughly, tousle (Arg. 1958).Arg. c.1835 Flory Loynachan in Colville (1909) 114:
Toss'd and rouchled like a shougie-shoo.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ I. xiii.:
E'en as a ship withoot a hellim is rouchled be the waves.Arg.² 1930:
Donal's a dacent lad, but he's a wee ower fond o' roochlin the lasses. Arg. 1993:
Ye should jeest roochle it roon.

II. n.  A tousling (of a person).Arg. 1992:
Oh, gie the lassie a wee bit roochle.