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(Rufe,) Ruif, v.² Also: roove. [Ruf(e n.²] tr. To fasten by rivetting; to rivet. Also fig., to fix firmly. — 1568 Edinb. Hammermen I 5b.
That na armorare … sett out ony gairdis to sell on stairis buith dureis or windois as seinȝeis without thay be ruifit on swordis & sufficient compleit work 1587 Acts III 522/1.
A prik of irne … passing throw the middis of the said ovir cors bar ruiffit [41621 Glasgow Chart. II 5765 rooveit] bayth onder and abonefig. 1646 Baillie II 403.
If this naill be once rooved, we with our teeth will never gett it drawne Wedderburn David's Testament (1710) xxx 274.
The Mediator … hath driven the nail and rooved it so fast that there is no possibility to draw it again