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Excerpt from 2024 Keynote Address by Wade Rouse
An excerpt from the show-stopping keynote address by author Wade Rouse. He received a standing ovation and a request for a reprise/sing-along of a middle school performance of Delta Dawn
rouse-chock
rouse n_rouse_ [PT]?YesI have only heard this term used with rouse-chocks [PT] My pronunciation and meaning is, I would strongly suspect, much like that of Warham - see form from 68-26/165 M5 . A metal cleat, attached to the gunwales of a boat, used to stabilize the shore lines and protect the gunwales .( 1 ) R. HollettOCT 1977 OCT 1977Used IUsed IUsed
rouse
rouse vdredge. To sprinkle salt on a deck load of fresh herring; also to "rouse" them.PRINTED ITEM see _dredge_.G.M.Story July 1956Used IUsed IWithdrawnAlthough "rouse v" is in the DNE, it is not used in this sens
House for Mr. & Mrs. R. K. Rouse, Comm. No. 1069
Plans for a house for R. K. and Panello Rouse. It is unclear if this house was ever built
rouse
rouse vIf two people swinging happened to rouse into two more [in a Reel] some bad injuries were likely to result. If you let go at top speed you would clear the floor like an oblong bowling ball and probably have to be dug out of the wall.DNE-cit PRINTED ITEMW. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976JH JAN 1976Used IUsed IUsed
rouse-chocks
rouse nVague forms rig lines out through rouse-chocks and make them fast to thumb-cleats; lead them to winches; . . .DNE-cit PRINTED ITEMW. Kirwin, 11/76JH 11/76Used IUsed IUsed
rouse
rouse nLine rests on cleats on a gunwale of a 30 ton boat.DNE-citWK/74JH 4/74Used IUsed IUsed
rouse v
rouse vWhen evening came I had thirty barrels of herring taken in and in the pounds and roused (that is putting salt through them as you put in the pounds.DNE Sup PRINTED ITEMIn OED, pron. [inc]. G. M. StoryMAY 17 1988 WKUsed IUsed IWithdrawn"rouse" is not used in this sense in the DNE, even though the form appears
rouse
rouse nA hook serving as a support when towing a boat.G. M. Story JUL 1973JH JUL 1973Used IUsed INot use
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