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rook

v - to smoke, as a pipe. Aald Lowrie wis jöst hissel agen, sittin rookin awa at da sheek o da fire; to cheat. He wis bön fair rookit owre da sellin o his lambs.

n - a smoke. I'm jöst haein a peerie rook afore we turn til agen; a poor, emaciated creature. He wis just come a pör rook o a body.

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