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ˈrevel-rout Now arch. or Obs.
[f. revel n.1 + rout n.]
1. Uproarious revelry; boisterous merriment.
Frequently with vbs. to keep, make, or play.
a1553Udall Royster D. i. i, Sometime Dauy Diceplayer..Keepeth reuell route as long as it will last. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 558 Then made they revell route and goodly glee. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvi. (1614) 430 After all this reuel-rout they demaund againe of the Demoniake, if the God be appeased. 1619Fletcher Mons. Thomas v. viii, There is a strange thing like a gentlewoman..Plays revel⁓rout among us. a1680Charnock Sinfulness & Cure of Th. Wks. (1849) 148 Revel-rout is usual where there is a negligent government. 1742Shenstone Schoolmistr. 266 With boist'rous revel rout and wild uproar.
b. An occasion of revelling; a revel.
a1652Brome Queenes Exch. ii. ii, Then who shall daunce The hobby horse at our next Revel rout? 1713Rowe Jane Shore i. i, My Brother..Is gone to his Account, For this, his Minion, The Revel-rout is done.
2. A crowd or party of revellers. rare.
1655Frier & Boy ii. (Nares), Ay, that we will, we'll break your spell, Reply'd the revel-rout. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xvii, ‘Our monarch has abdicated sooner than usual this night,’ said one of the revel rout. |