Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Roup

Roup , verb, intransitive and transitive

[Compare Anglo-Saxon hr{not transcribed}pan to cry out, German rufen, Gothic hr{not transcribed}pian. Compare Roop.]

To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scottish] — Jamieson

Roup , noun

1.
An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scottish] — Jamieson
To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. — J. C. Shairp
2.
A disease in poultry. See Pip.