1894 Brewer’s / R / Rousing
A rousing good fire. Rousing means large, great; hence a rousing falsehood (mendacium magnifʹicum).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.