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▪ I. rout, n.1|raʊt|
Forms: α. 3–4 rute, 4 rut(te; 3– route, 4–7 rowte, 5 rouwte, 5–6 routte; 4– rout (6 routt), 4–7 rowt. β. 3 rouȝte, 5 roughte; 4 rouht, 5–6 rought; 5 rowght, 5–6 rowth.
[a. AF. rute, OF. route (also rote, rotte, whence rot n.2):—L. rupta, fem. of ruptus broken, the original sense being ‘division, detachment’.]
I.
1. A company, assemblage, band, or troop of persons. Now chiefly poet.
In later use usually with some tinge of sense 5.
12..Ancr. R. 92 Ure Lefdi mid hire meidenes, & al þe englene uerd [C. rute]. a1300Cursor M. 13503 Þis bred and fische was delt a-bute, Had nan defaut in al þat rute. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1636 To the paleys rood ther many a route Of lordes, vp on steedes and palfreys. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 104 Beneth them sat clarkes a great rout, Which fast dyd wryte. c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 149 Telle nowe of alle this rovte be prophie who stroke the. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 240 To se if Skelton wyll put hymselfe in prease Amonge the thickeste of all the hole rowte. 1553Brende Q. Curtius Ff vij, The souldiours were not sturred to eny sedicion, but repayred by rowtes unto theyr capitaynes. 1600Fairfax Tasso xi. ii, The helpe obtaine Of all the blessed of the heau'nly rout. 1616B. Jonson Forrest iii, The rout of rurall folke come thronging in. 1710J. Philips Pastorals i. 25 'Mong rustick Routs the chief for wanton Game. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. xx, A blithesome rout, that morning tide, Had sought the chapel of St. Bride. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 39 And now, amid that female rout, What scandal doth he buzz about? 1866–7J. Thomson Naked Goddess 25 All the people swarming out, Young and old a joyous rout.
b. A number of animals going together; a pack, flock, herd, etc. Now rare.
c1275Lay. 2598 Þar he balu funde vppen one route of wolues awedde. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 909 Nyghtyngales a full grete Route, That flyen ouer his heed aboute. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. Prol. 146 Wiþ þat ran þere a route of ratones at ones. c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 851 Al the route [of snails, etc.] A trayne of chalk or askis holdith oute. 1486Bk. St. Albans e ij, My chylde, callith..a Rowte of Wolues where thay passin inne. 1576Turberv. Venerie 100 Of fallow beasts the company is called an heard, and of blacke beasts it is called a rout, or a Sounder. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. (1615) 45 Foresters and good woodmen do use to say..A rout of Wolfes. 1674J. Josselyn Two Voy. 67 They commonly go in routs, a rout of wolves is 12 or more. a1732Gay Fables ii. ii, Around him throng the feather'd rout. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 365 Nothing can represent more happily..the rout of animals first bursting from their place of confinement. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 89 Noisy bark of shepherds' dogs, The restless routs of sheep to stop.
c. A large number or collection of things.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1667 To pulle a Rose of all that Route To bere in myn honde aboute. 1390Gower Conf. II. 296 His Ape..hadde gadred al aboute Of stickes hiere and there a route. 1513Douglas æneis viii. v. 53 The serpent of Lern..of heidis wyth hyr mekle rout. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 151 That which is of God scarcely glimmereth through at holes, among the rout of the inuentions of men. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia ii. 39 With an infernall rout of words and actions.
†2. Without article: Assemblage, gathering, array, etc. Chiefly in prepositional phrases. Obs.
c1275Lay. 25416 Sone a-ȝein come cnihtes to route, mid wepne wel idiht. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 101/14 Folk wende þudere..bi manie scor to-gadere... Þo seinte lucie þis i-saiȝ al dai so gret route [etc.]. a1300Cursor M. 7537 Quen dauid went him forth in route, He sagh þe folk, þai war in dute. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxiv. (Alexis) 516 In ilke syd þai gadryt owt, to met þat sancte, In-to gret rowt. c1430Hymns Virgin (1867) 84 At mydday y was dubbid knyȝt, In route y lerned for to ryde. c1440York Myst. xix. 149 Gars gadir in grete rowte Youre knyghtis kene be-lyue. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 136 Na man within burgh dwelland, salbe bound in man-rent, nor ryde in rout, in feir of weir, with any man.
†b. in rout, in succession, in order. Obs.
c1375Cursor M. 7047 (Fairf.), Esebon..toke israel to lede and loke; he led ham vij ȝere in rowte. c1450Bk. Curtasye 670 in Babees Bk., Þenne comes þe pantere with loues thre,..And saller y-coueryd and sett in route; With þo ouemast lofe hit shalle be sett.
3. in (or on) a rout, in a troop, body, etc.
a1300Cursor M. 5155 Þai come all wit in a rutte [Gött. apon a route]. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 409 They leueþ so esiliche in a rowte, Þat seelde þey bereþ purse aboute. c140026 Pol. Poems 143, I fonde there byrdys with feders shene, Many oon sittyng apon a rowte. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. cliii, Lytill fischis..In a rout can swym So prattily. c1500Lancelot 2956 Furth by o syd assemblyng on a rout Whar that one hundereth knychtis was, & mo. 1513Douglas æneis i. iv. 51 The mekle hirdis followit in a rowt. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 362 There came an hepe Of mylstones in a route.
4. An attendant company; a suite, retinue, train.
a1300Cursor M. 5311 Iacob went þan wit his rute, His tuelue him al abute. 13..K. Alis. 181 (Laud MS.), Forþ she ferde, myd her route. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 116 In his route He broght .iii. Ml knightes stoute. c1477Caxton Jason 118 As Peleus and the gentill men of his route sawe the noble flees..they were all ameruailed. 1538Leland Itin. (1769) VI. 35 Willyam Tresham..was cruelly slayne by one Salisbyri and Glin of Wales with their Route. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 9/1 An Ile..Most meet where thou maist plant thy selfe with all thy rout. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. vi. 108 The accidental Adventure of Thespis and his Rout.
II.
5. A disorderly, tumultuous, or disreputable crowd of persons.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 211/392 Þare comen blaste op of þe putte, deuelene a gret rouȝte. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1782 Þenne ran þay in on a res, on rowtes ful grete. 1399Langl. Rich. Redeles i. 16 By rewthles routus þat ryffled euere. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5265 Of men and women so grete a route, And childer, lay þe kirke aboute, And made slyke noys and cry. 1538Starkey England i. iii. 77 Loke what an idul route our nobul men kepe and nurysch in theyr housys. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 119 Foulkes..assemblyng together a great rowte of Ruffians and Robbers issued out of the Castell of Bedford. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xv. (1651) 135 An honest man knows not in what sort..to carry himself with credit in so vile a rout. 1655Milton Soc. Defence 291 A hireling rout scraped together from the dregs of the people. 1737Whiston Josephus, Antiq. xiv. xi. §5 Hyrcanus..alledged that a rout of strangers ought not to be admitted. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 48 ⁋9 To the noisy route of bacchanalian rioters. 1816Scott Old Mort. xxxiv, ‘Ay—the trumpeter to the long-ear'd route, I suppose,’ replied Claverhouse. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. vi. iii. (1864) III. 478 A great rout, at least 5000,..marched forth to Settimo. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. xiv. 450 Revelling with a luxurious and abandoned rout.
b. Law. An assemblage of three or more persons proceeding to commit an unlawful act.[1379–80Rolls of Parlt. III. 81 Les routes & assembles venantz issint hors de Gales. Ibid., Que en cest present Parlement les ditz Mesfesours, & les Route-leders, soient restreintz de lour grante malice.] 1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 345/2 The saide trespassours come..with grettur rowtes and riotes thenne ever thay dede byfore. 1464Cov. Leet Bk. 331 If any personnes..vexe thair neyghbours, oure subgittes, with-in oure seid Cite,..or make any Routes or conuenticles within the same. 1530–1Act 22 Hen. VIII, c. 15 All ryottes, rowtes, and vnlawfull assemblies committed and done aboue the nomber of twenty persones. 1581Lambarde Eiren. ii. v. (1588) 185 A Route is a disordered assembly of three or moe persons, moouing forward to commit by force an unlawfull acte. 1641in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 465 All good and lawful ways and means for preventing of Tumults and Routs. 1682Sec. Plea Nonconformists Ded. A 3 b, Punish not Religious Assemblies of peaceable Men, under the odious names of Routs and Riots. 1743in Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 120 Several disorderly persons, stiling themselves Methodist-preachers, go about, raising routs and riots. 1774Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 140 Our laws, for the suppression and punishment of riots, routs, and unlawful assemblies. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 17/1 Two minor offences of rout and unlawful assembly, which are similar to riot, are generally treated on under that head. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 564/2 A rout is an unlawful assembly which has made a motion towards the execution of its common purpose.
6. The whole number of persons constituting a certain (disreputable) class.
a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 598/532 Doute wel more wikked men, And come not in heore route. c1410Sir Cleges 261 (W.), Thou chorle, withdrawe the smertly,..Go stond in beggers rowght! c1480Cokwolds Daunce 227 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 47 Many schall dance in the cokwolds rowte, Both by nyght and day. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 65 The deuell and all the route of the wicked. 1579E. K. Ded. Spenser's Sheph. Cal., I scorne and spue out the rake⁓hellye route of our ragged rymers. 1616R. C. Times Whistle (1871) 18 You shalbe cast Into that pitt, with the ungodlie rout. 1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Luther (1867) I. 62 Whom the pope of Rome and the rout of the wicked persecute and dishonour. 1896A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xix, Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out.
†7. the rout, the common herd, the rabble. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce ix. 504 Renownit of so hye prowes, That he of vorschip passit the rout. c1400Apol. Loll. (Camden) 61 Þu schal not folow þe rowt to do iuel. 1550Crowley Last Trumpet 402 It is God that appointeth Kings and rulers ouer the route. 1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 349 Did ever God or Mans Lawe preferre the feete before the head, the rowt before the ruler. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Sacrifice 185 Thus trimmed forth they bring me to the rout, Who ‘Crucifie him’, crie. 1673Remarques Humours Town 50 Such easie representations were then..for the Rout and Plebeans. 1708S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i, 'Tis a vast Addition to a Man's Fortune, according to the Rout of the World, to be seen in the Company of leading Men. 1730Swift Traulus Wks. 1751 X. 148 Tho' perhaps among the Rout, He wildly flings his Filth about.
†b. With adjs., esp. common or vulgar. Obs.
1590Shakes. Com. Err. iii. i. 101 That [will be] supposed by the common rowt. 1621T. Williamson tr. Goulart's Wise Vieillard 103 The base rabble, and rascally route of the world. 1637R. Ashley tr. Malvezzi's David Persecuted 187 The vulgar rout breede such kinde of people by applauding them. 1693South Serm. 454 The multitude or common rout, like a drove of sheep. 1700J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra's Royal Politician I. 112 To be Born, only to make One in the World, is for the Vulgar Rout.
†c. to rule the rout, to have full sway. Obs.
1570Satir. Poems Reform. xii. 76 Sen double murther markis to reule the rout.
8. Riot, disturbance, stir, uproar.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 16/2 In manere of Werre, Riote, Route and Insurrection arraied. 1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 239 He in the midst of all this sturre and rout, Gan bend his browes, and moue him self about. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 558 Then made they revell route and goodly glee. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 210 Giue me to know How this foule Rout began: Who set it on. c1690Ld. Delamere iii. in Child Ballads IV. 113/1 Such a rout has been in the parliament, as I hear, Betwixt a Dutch lord and my lord Delamere. 1728Swift Jrnl. Mod. Lady Wks. 1751 VII. 195 Not School-boys at a Barring-out Rais'd ever such incessant Rout. 1766[Anstey] Bath Guide v. 53 Are the Fiddlers come hither to make all this Rout? 1804Fessenden Democracy Unveiled (1806) II. 84 Who and what are ye, Patriots stout, For Freedom, who make such a rout? 1872Blackie Lays Highl. 80 The winds without kept whistling rout.
b. Fuss, clamour, noise. Formerly common in phrase to make a rout about (something).
1684Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 300 'Twas strange any man should..make all this rout that was about it. a1714M. Henry Acts xii. 6 Tradition makes a mighty rout about these chains. 1771T. Hull Sir W. Harrington (1797) II. 206 There used to be a great rout made about some very high piece of service the Captain was to do for him. 1824Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 326, I cannot..help feeling nervous about my presentation, because they all make such a rout about it. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. s.v., ‘What a rout she's making over it!’ ‘She needn't make such a rout about such a trifle.’
†c. Sway, influence. In phr. to bear a (or the) rout. Obs.
1550in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 383 The Scots bear a fell rout in this court, and be much made of. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. v. 40 The man at Fregiley bears all the rowt.
9. A fashionable gathering or assembly, a large evening party or reception, much in vogue in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. (Cf. drum n.1 10.)
1742Fielding Amelia iv. vi, She went directly to a rout where she spent two hours. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 84 ⁋11 Ladies of my age go to assemblies and routes without their mothers. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 31 May, She keeps a small rout at her own house, never exceeding ten or a dozen card-tables. 1810Sir G. Jackson Diaries & Lett. (1873) I. 128 Last night I was at a really grand rout at Lady Rowley's. 1858Kingsley Poems (1878) 236 As if the sum of joy to you Were hunt and pic-nic, rout and ball. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 390 One rarely heard..of her going to a theatre, or a rout, or a cricket-match.
b. attrib. and Comb., as rout biscuit, rout-chair, rout-china, rout day, etc.
1775F. Burney Early Diary, Lett. Nov., He was obliged to go in..to Lady Harrington's before he came, it being her Rout Day. 1785J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 202 All the rout-going men and women of rank. 1812L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertrude I. 265 She had not hired rout-chairs, rout-glasses, rout-china, to accommodate her guests. 1813Examiner 15 Mar. 171/1 The usual lumber of a rout-party. 1858Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 52 He is transformed into a rout-furniture dealer of Rathbone Place. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 252/2 The dough for rout biscuits is placed in a strong metal box or chamber in which a piston is tightly fitted.
c. rout-cake, a rich cake originally made for use at receptions.
1807J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life xv. §6. 60 Such feminine bon-bons as sweet-meats, rout-cakes, and the choicer kinds of fruit. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair iii, He managed a couple of plates full of strawberries and cream, and twenty-four little rout cakes. 1873M. E. Braddon L. Davoren I. Prol. ii, Think of the macaroons and rout-cakes we have trampled under our heels.
d. rout-seat (see quot. 1858).
1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Tales iii, The furniture was taken out, and rout-seats were taken in. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Rout-seats, slight cane-top benches let out to hire for dances and evening parties. 1898Besant Orange Girl ii. iii, Some of them rolled upon the rout seats, and so fell fast asleep.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n., the frequenting of routs; also routing-day, a day for holding a rout.
1750–1Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) III. 2 The day is tomorrow; but that not being a proper routing day, I choose to have them on the eve. 1754J. Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) II. 84 Lady Sapplin returned to the London Life of Visiting, Routing, Carding. 1767Lady S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 211, I own I am wore to death with routing.
▪ II. rout, n.2|raʊt|
Also 7 rowt(e, 7–8 route.
[ad. obs. F. route (cf. F. déroute derout n.):—L. rupta: see prec.]
1. Disorderly or precipitate retreat on the part of a defeated army, body of troops, etc.
1598Barret Theor. Warres i. i. 4 Men once disordered..commonly fall to rout. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 50 Manie of the Nobilitie,..seeing the armie in route, sought the King. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 770 Wherein remaind..to our Almighty Foe Cleer Victory, to our part loss and rout. 1764Gray Triumph of Owen 34 Where he points his purple spear, Hasty, hasty Rout is there. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles iii. xxvii, Of rout and rally, war and truce,— As heroes think, so thought the Bruce. 1873Longfellow Wayside Inn iii. Sp. Jew's Second T. 5 In rout before his path From the field of battle red Flee all. 1878J. Miller Songs of Italy 64 There was rout Of ships like the breaking of regiments.
transf.1743P. Francis tr. Horace, Epist. ii. i. 351 Chairs, coaches, carts, in rattling rout are roll'd. 1807J. Barlow Columb. iii. 261 Our scanty feast; Which, driven in hasty rout, our train supplied.
b. Esp. in phr. to put to (the) rout.
1612North's Plutarch 1124 Men..who so plied the Athenians, that they brake them, and put them all to rout. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 3 The Dragon, put to second rout, Came furious down. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) II. 683/2 Against him, Pompey sent Afranius, who put him to the route. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 36 The entrenchment was carried, and the Burmas were put to the rout. c1850Lane Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 477 They instantly put them in disorder, and very soon to rout.
fig.1596Sir J. Davies Orchestra xxxii, How doth Confusions Mother, headlong Chance, Put reasons noble squadron to the rout? 1843Le Fevre Life Trav. Phys. III. iii. viii. 183 Napoleon put to rout all these things when he inhabited the palace. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 237 To baffle and put to rout their false dogmatic theology.
2. An instance of this; a complete overthrow and flight.
1611Shakes. Cymb. v. iii. 41 Then beganne..A Rowt, confusion thicke: forthwith they flye. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §86 The Retreat had been a Rout without an Enemy. 1704Addison Campaign Misc. Wks. 1726 I. 79 The rout begins, the Gallic squadrons run. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. xii. (1776) 361 The other two Squadrons..were calm spectators of the rout of their comrades. 1836Thirlwall Greece III. 281 A body of Locrian cavalry, which came up as the rout began, aided the Bœotians in the slaughter of the flying enemy. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 580 The retreat soon became a rout. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §i. 162 The rout of an English detachment..prolonged the contest into the winter.
fig.1651Culpepper Astrol. Judgem. Dis. (1658) 114 Nature gets strength over the disease, and will at last put him to a total rout. 1667Pepys Diary 1 Sept., Sir H. Cholmly tells me there are hopes that the women also will have a rout.
3. A defeated and fleeing band or army.
1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 301 He disordered the ranck, and brake Antissius order, whereupon their men were in routs. 1647Sprigge Anglia Rediv. i. ii. (1854) 12 The lieutenant-general..pursued the enemy, lodged most of the remains of the rout in Blechingdon house. 1828Scott F.M. Perth ix, Therefore was he given to be a rout and a spoil to his enemies.
▪ III. rout, n.3 Sc. and north. ? Obs.
[Related to rout v.6]
†1. A violent movement. Obs.—1
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 457 With a runisch rout þe raynez he tornez, Halled out at þe hal-dor, his hed in his hande.
2. A (heavy) blow or stroke.
1375Barbour Bruce ii. 356 [They] plungyt in the stalwart stour, And rowtis ruyd about thaim dang. 14..Sir Beues (MS. O) 3957 Sir Beues..gaue kynge Iour suche a rout, That he neuer rose. c1480Henryson Fables, Wolf & Fox xx, The cadgear wald haif raucht the foxe ane rout. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. Prol. 148 Syne to me wyth his club he maid a braid, And twenty rowtis apoun my rigging laid. 1583Leg. Bp. St. Androis 703 Ane porter..to the bischop his blissing gave, Betuixt the schoulders a royall route, Turning him wodderschins about. 1728Ramsay Fables, Monk & Miller's Wife 246 With a great rung..to lend him a sound rout. a1779Graham Writ. (1883) II. 98, I gave her such a rout over her long snout. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 414 Rout, a heavy blow with a stick.
▪ IV. † rout, n.4 Sc. Obs. rare.
[Origin and real meaning obscure.]
In phrases bone and rout, stout and rout, completely.
Cf. the later form stoop and roop, s.v. stoop n.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvii. (Vincent) 353 Þane gert he his body bere..to bestis & foulis..til ete hyme bath stout & rout [rime doute]. Ibid. xlvii. (Effame) 92 For þane þe gret fir suld brek oute, & bryne þe madyne bane & route.
▪ V. rout, n.5 Chiefly Sc.
(raʊt, Sc. rut)
Also 9 rowt.
[f. rout v.2 Cf. Norw. rut in the same sense.]
A loud noise or shout.
In some cases not clearly separable from next, owing to the similarity of the senses and the ambiguity of the spelling.
1513Douglas æneis i. iii. 52 In the mene quhile, with mony rout and roir The see thus trublit. 1515Scottish Field 633 in Chetham Misc. (1856), For there was shott at a shotte, a thousand at once, That all rang with that rowte, roches and other. a1774Fergusson King's Birthday Poems (1845) 2 The hills in terror would cry out And echo to thy dinsome rout. 1813Picken Poems I. 45 They mak' sic rout an' rair Soun' thro' ilk region o' the air. a1878Ainslie Land of Burns (1892) 218 Wi' eerie rair an' rowt Cried the wakrife spirit out. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 170 The limmer's [= cannon's] rout wad ding them maistly deaf.
▪ VI. rout, n.6 Sc.|raʊt|
[f. rout v.3 Cf. Norw. raut.]
A bellow or low (of an ox, etc.).
1513Douglas æneis xii. ii. 136 Lyke as the bull..Gevis terribill rowtis and lowis monyfald. 1817Lintoun Green 49 A crummie's rowt! The english call a low! 1866J. Smith Merry Bridal 17 The Bull rins wild amang the nowte, An' funkin daft wi' merry rowt. 1880J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 64 (E.D.D.), Her voice it resembles the rowte o' a coo.
▪ VII. † rout, n.7 Sc. Obs. rare.
Also 6 rute.
[Of obscure origin: cf. rood-goose, and Icel. hrota, hrotgás, Norw. rotgaas, Fris. rotgoes, Du. rotgans, the brent-goose.]
A species of wild goose.
The misprint routhurrok in quot. 1578 is evidently the ultimate source of routheroock-goose in P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetland (1806) 196.
1551Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 484 The wylde guse of the greit bind, ij s. The claik, quink, and rute, the price of the peece, xviij d. 1578Leslie De Orig. Scot. 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. marg. Vulgus his uocibus distinguit Quinck, Skilling, Claik, Routhurrok [read Rout, Hurrok], Ridlaik. 1639Sir R. Gordon Hist. Earls of Sutherland 3 In all this province ther is great store of..wildgouse, ringouse, routs, whaips,..and all other kinds of wildfowl.
▪ VIII. † rout, n.8 Obs. rare.
Also rowt.
[Of obscure origin.]
A close or field.
1615Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 82, I bought the lease..of Drombegg rout, half a ploughland. 1635Ibid. IV. 127 An enclosed rowt abowt 4 irishe acres of meddow.
▪ IX. † rout, n.9 Obs. rare—1.
[Of obscure origin.]
Some kind of horse.
1697Vanbrugh æsop i. iv. ii, Your Worship has six Coach-Horses,..besides Pads, Routs, and Dog-Horses.
▪ X. rout, n.10|raʊt|
[f. rout v.8]
The act of searching, or of turning out something.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 32 There came the snail from his shell peeping out, As fearful and cautious as thieves on the rout. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve II. 138, I didn't count 'pon this rout-out comin' yet whiles, for..Eve. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xxxiv. 358 ‘I'm going to have a rare old rout-out this morning,’ Jenny announced.
▪ XI. rout
obs. variant of route.
▪ XII. rout, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.|raʊt|
Forms: 1 hrutan, 4–7 rowte (5 rowtyn), 4–6 route, 6– rout (9 dial. routy). Also pa. tense 4 rout, pl. rout(t)en.
[OE. hrútan, = OFris. hrūta, rhūta, rūta, OS. hrûtan, MDu. rūten, OHG. rûz̧an, rûz̧en (G. ruszen, rauszen), prob. of imitative origin. An ablaut-variant appears in ON. and Icel. hrjóta, Norw. rjota, ryta.]
intr. To snore.
In common literary use from c 1300 to 1600.
c725Corpus Gloss. 1923 Stertens, hrutende. c1000ælfric Gram. xxviii. (Z.) 168 Sterto, ic hrute. 13..Coer de L. 4229 They slepte faste and gun to route. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 186 He..Slypped vpon a sloumbe sclepe, & sloberande he routes. 1390Gower Conf. II. 111 He wot noght..hou the day is come aboute, Bot onli forto slepe & route Til hyh midday. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 81 The good man..made semblaunt that he had slepte, and routed. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 97/2 Thenne he fylle a slepe and rowted so fast, that noman myght awake hym. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 595/1 Tyndal of likelyhode lay nere him and heard hym all the while snorte & rowte. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 50 b, Ye route so soundly in these drousie dreames, that you cannot bee awakened out of them: and therefore I will leave you snortyng in them. 1601Holland Pliny I. 309 The Dolphins and Whales be heard to rout and snort again, they sleepe so soundly. 1644Bulwer Chirol. 73 A soulder, that..routeth and snorteth..in his sleep. 1815Scott Guy M. i, Are ye lying routing there, and a young gentleman seeking the way to the Place? 1851T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-Lore Northants 88. 1888 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. s.v. Routy.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 246 His wyf bar him a burdon a ful strong, Men myghte hir rowtyng heere two furlong. c1440Promp. Parv. 438/2 Rowtynge, yn slepe, stertura. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 46 b, Thy routtynge awaked me. Ibid., Thy routtynge is harde hither. 1601Holland Pliny ix. x, They..keepe such a snorting and routing in their sleepe, that they bewray where they be. 1650Venner Via Recta 304 Offensive rowtings and oftentimes untimely awakings do ensue.
▪ XIII. rout, v.2 Now rare. Chiefly north. and Sc.
(raʊt, Sc. rut)
Forms: 4 rute, 5 rut; 4 route, rowte, 6 rowt, 8 rout.
[Prob. of Scand. origin: cf. Norw. ruta in the same sense, an ablaut-variant of ON. rjóta, MSw. riuta, Sw. ryta.
MDu. rūten, MHG. rûzen, russen (G. rauszen) in related senses may be of distinct origin from the forms cited under rout v.1, which originally had initial hr-.]
intr. Of the sea, winds, thunder, etc.: To roar, make a loud noise.
a1300Cursor M. 21869 Þe see sal rise and rute; Mani man sal dei for dute. 13..Coer de L. 4304 That stone whanne it out fleygh,..‘Allas!’ they cryede.., ‘It routes as it wer a thondyr’. 13..St. Cristofer 370 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 459 Þe water bygane to bolne & rowte. And ofte-tyms hym turnede abowte. c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 743 The sterne wind so loude gan to route That no wight other noyse mighte here. 1513Douglas æneis i. ii. 64 Dyrknes as nycht besett the seis abowt; The firmament gane rummeling rair and rowt. a1776Lowlands of Holland ii. in Child Ballads II. 318 The weary wind began to rise, and the sea began to rout [rime about].
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 1933 Ryght so hyt ferde, As dooth the rowtynge of the ston, That from thengyne ys leten gon. 1513Douglas æneis i. iv. 75 Passit eke haue ȝe The evir rowtand Caribdis rolkis fell. Ibid. vii. ii. 132 Ane cheif gret forest..namyt from a haly routand well. 1795Statist. Acc. Scot. XVI. 9 A Routing Well at Monktoun, that is said always to predict a storm. 1901G. F. Savage-Armstrong Ballads of Down 371 Dangerous eddies..named, from their loud and ominous roaring sound, ‘the Routing Rocks.’
▪ XIV. rout, v.3 north. and Sc.|raʊt|
Also 4–6, 8–9 rowt(e, 5, 9 rote, 7, 9 rawt, 9 raut.
[a. ON. rauta, Norw. rauta, MSw. and Sw. dial. röta, in the same sense.]
1. intr. Of cattle: To bellow, roar, low.
c1300–[implied in sense 2]. 1483Cath. Angl. 313/1 To Rote (to Rowt, sicut bos A.); boare, mvgire. 1533Bellenden Livy i. iii. (S.T.S.) I. 23 The ky..lowit [v.r. rowtit] agane on þe samyn maner. a1585Montgomerie Flyting 501 All the ky in the countrey..routed in a reane. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 66 The Swine grunteth, The Cow rowteth. 1674Ray N.C. Words 39 To Rowt or Rawt, to lowe like an Ox or Cow. 1721Ramsay Richy & Sandy 72 Nuckle kye stand rowting in the loans. 1786Burns Ordination vi, Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, Because thy pasture's scanty. 1820Scott Monast. iii, To see poor Grizzie and Crumbie..turning back their necks to the byre, and routing. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. iv, The animal ‘routed’ with extreme terror; and, plunging forward, soon headed the band. 1893Crockett Stickit Minister 229 After him thundered the bull, routing in blood-curdling wrath.
b. Of other animals. rare.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 406 Scho..findis it deid: than scho dois rout and rair.
2. transf. Of persons: To roar or cry loudly.
c1300Havelok 1911 He maden here backes al so bloute Als here wombes, and made hem rowte Als he weren kradel⁓barnes. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxvi. 1 He is all in silence bifor god, þof he rowt and rare all day. c1425Wyntoun Cron. iii. vii. 953 To rare Swa þat he lik was..to rowt In til his ded thraw til a nowte. 1787Burns The Calf v, To hear you roar and rowte, Few men o' sense will doubt your claims To rank amang the Nowte. 1816Scott Old Mort. xiv, The carle gae them a screed o' doctrine!..he routed like a cow in a fremd loaning. 1868–in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1893Stevenson Catriona 323 It is quite needless to rowt at a gentleman in the same chamber with yourself.
b. To make a roaring noise.
1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1863) 53 One or two of the demon-like Savages were routing on bullock's horns.
3. trans. To utter in roars; to shout out.
1807–10Tannahill Poems (1846) 83 Hearing a lively outfiel' sermon, Even though rowted by a stirk. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xxix, ‘I have no manner of inclination to rowt out my name to the countryside,’ said Alan.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1483Cath. Angl. 313/1 A Rowtynge, boatus, boema, mugitus. 1570Googe Pop. Kingd. i. (1880) 8 They laugh and with a rowting noyse, their greefe they plaine discrye. a1609A. Hume Day Estivall 228 Of bleiting sheepe.., Of calues and rowting ky. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 117 That they may not hear the rowtinge and blaringe one of another, for feare that the kyne breake over to them. 1644in Ritchie Churches of St. Baldred (1880) 263 The sikness among beastis, callit the routing evil. 1778Gentl. Mag. XLVIII. 408 In Rutting time, bucks keep a continual routing, or bellowing. 1818Scott Rob Roy xiv, They cou'dna get a word o' sense out o' him, for downright fright at their growling and routing. 1867Carlyle E. Irving 303 Especially one [bridge] called ‘rowting’, i.e. bellowing or roaring ‘Brig’, spanning a grand loud cataract.
▪ XV. † rout, v.4 Obs.
Forms: 4 pa. tense rutte, routte; 6 rought, rowte, rout(e.
[a. OF. router (roucter, roupter), ruter, roter (mod.F. roter):—L. ructāre: cf. eructate v.]
intr. To belch, to bring up wind.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 398 He..roxed and rored, and rutte [v.r. routte] atte laste. c1500World & Child 800, I cough and rought, my body wyll brest, Age dothe folowe me so. 1530Palsgr. 695/1, I rowte, I belche, as one dothe that voydeth wynde out of his stomacke, je roucte. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 4353 Scho riftit, routit, and maid sic stends. c1550H. Lloyd Treas. Health Y vij, Whatsoeuer helthful man..losyth his voyce & routeth withall, he dyeth wythin seuen dayes.
▪ XVI. † rout, v.5 Obs. rare.
Also 5 rouȝte.
[f. OF. (a) route (see route n.), used as a cry to direct hunting-dogs: see Godefroy VII. 251/3.]
Of a huntsman: a. intr. To shout to the dogs. b. trans. To direct (a dog) by shouting.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) Prol., He shall se the hert passe byfore hym and shall halowe and route myghtlich. Ibid., He shall route and blowe as lowde as he may. Ibid. xxxiv, As ofte as any hounde caccheth it, he shulde hue to hym by his name and route hym to his felawes.
▪ XVII. † rout, v.6 Obs.
Forms: 1 hrutan, 3 ruten, 4 rute, pa. tense rut; 4–5 route, 5 rowte.
[OE. hrútan, of obscure relationship. Cf. atrout v. and reat v.]
1. intr. To rush, dash; to move with great force or violence.
a1000Riddle xxxvi. 7 Ne æt me hrutende hrisil scriþeð. a1225Leg. Kath. 2005 Hit bigon to claterin,..ba þe treo & te irn; & ruten forð wið swuch rune þe stucchen of baðe [etc.]. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1343 To a wyndowe wente þes barouns fre & ther þay loked oute, Þay seȝe þe waȝes of þe se harde to-gadre route. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 6806 Cariolus..And Theseus kyng to-geder routed With speres scharpe, that men myȝt here. c1400Destr. Troy 912 The dragon..rut out roidly with a rede hete. Ibid. 5699, 12691. c 1450 Fencing w. two handed Sword in Rel. Ant. I. 309 Thy rakys, thy rowndis, thy quarters abowte, Thy stoppis, thy foynys, lete hem fast rowte.
2. trans. To throw, cast, hurl.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 3662 Thei sette engynes al aboute, And grete stones thei did in route. c1460Promp. Parv. (Winchester) 388/2 Rowtyn or throwyn, proicio. c1460Play Sacram. 701, I shalle..shake thys cake owt of thys clothe & to the ovyn I shall yt rowte.
b. To stir vigorously.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. xi. 299 Aftir dayes iij they goth therto, And myghtyly they route [L. commovent] hit to and fro.
3. To beat severely. (Cf. rout n.3 2.)
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xv. (Tollem. MS.), He routeþ and beteþ him ofte..leste he drawe to euyl maneris and tacchis. c1440York Myst. xxxiii. 155 þou bes lassched lusschyd, and lapped. Ȝa, rowted, russhed, and rapped. 1768Ross Helenore i. 44 Their task was mair nor they cud well mak out, An' as they promis'd, they their backs did rout.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 354 I sende out..Such a rowtande ryge þat rayne schal swyþe. c1400Destr. Troy 1986 With a routond rayn ruthe to beholde. c1450Cast. Persev. 1829 (Macro Plays), I schape þese schrewys to mekyl schame: iche rappyth on oþer with rowtynge rele.
▪ XVIII. † rout, v.7 Obs.
Forms: 4 rute, 4–6 route, 5–6 rowt(e, 5 rought, 6–7 rout.
[In part at least a. OF. router (also arrouter), f. route rout n.1 and route n.; but sense 2 may have some other origin.]
1. intr. To assemble, to gather or herd together; also, to take part in a gathering.
Quot. c 1350 may belong to, or indicate the development of, sense 2.
a1300Cursor M. 11633 Quen maria sagh þaa bestes rute, First sco was gretli in dute. Ibid. 14618 Son wit þam he was vmsett; Þar bigan þai for to rute And for to gadir him a-bute. c1350Will. Palerne 5478 Robboures ne reuowres miȝt route none, þat þei nere hastili hange. c1418Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 246 Where shuld he other route or ride Agayns the chief of chivalrie. 1457Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 50 At na man..ride nor rowt in feir of weir wt na man bot wt þe king or his officiaris. 1530Palsgr. 695/1, I rowte, I assemble togyther in routes, or I styrre aboute, je me arroute. I lyke nat this geare that the commens begynneth to route on this facyon. 1562Legh Armory 77 Where other beastes do herde and rowte together,..the Lyon wyll not so do. 1622Bacon Hen. VII (1876) 66 The meaner sort routed together, and suddenly assailing the earl in his house, slew him, and divers of his servants.
2. To stir, move; to make a movement.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 209 He pursueþ a preest..and somoniþ him and traveiliþ him, þat it is hard to him to rowte. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 540 In al that lond no cristen dorste route; Alle cristen folk been fled fro that contree. 14..Sir Beues (MS. C) 2626 No man durste yn þat cuntre rowte, Be hoole xx myle abowte. 1436Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 167 Gode see-menne..bete theme home, and made they myght not route. c1500World & Child 396 He is in euery dede doughty, For hym dare no man rowte. a1553Udall Roister D. iv. vii, Nowe sirs, keepe your ray, and see your heartes be stoute, But where be these caitifes, me think they dare not route.
3. To be riotous, behave riotously.
c1400Beryn 2766 This gardeyn is..ful of may flouris,..The wich been so redolent, & sentyn so a-boute, That he must be ryȝte lewd, þat þerin shuld route. c1460Wisdom 505 (Macro Plays), Yeue to yowur body þat ys nede, Ande euer be mery; let reuell rowte! 1570Levins Manip. 228/38 To Route, or royst, grassari. 1591Spenser Vis. Bellay xii. 166 When from nigh hills, with hideous outcrie, A troupe of Satyres in the place did rout.
4. trans. To scour, ride over, in a troop.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xlii. 92 Sklandir..him aganis Assemblit ane semely sort full sone, And raiss and rowttit all the planis.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1513in Pitcairn Crim. Trials (Bann. Cl.) I. 95 For riding furth of burgh in warlike manner in ‘routing’, and for thereby breaking the Acts of Parliament. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. iii. 16 When folke..keep rowtings in Tauerns or Alehouses. 1634C. Downing State Eccles. 97 In that routing-rush of reformation, who could expect but the part corrected must needs be for the time neare to utter ruine. 1650(title), The Routing of the Ranters, a true Relation, with some of their abominable..behaviour.
▪ XIX. rout, v.8|raʊt|
Also 6–7 rowte, 9 dial. routy.
[Irregular var. of root v.2]
1. a. intr. Of swine: To turn up the soil with the snout in search of food. Now chiefly dial.
1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 22 Swine had rather lie routing in durt & in mire, then in cleare & faire water. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. (Arb.) 70 They did not rowte (like rude vnringed swine) To roote nobilitie from heritage. 1656Baxter Reformed Pastor 21 To take us up into heaven,..while we think of no such matter, but are routing in the earth. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 135/2 Boar and Swine are said to Rout, or be Routing, or Worming, if they break into Gardens. 1864Kingsley Rom. & Teut. 287 If..you find pigs routing in your enclosure, you may kill one. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 633.
b. To poke about, rummage. (Cf. root v.2 1 c.)
1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 22 Oct., I must rout among your letters, a needle in a bottle of hay. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 67 The company staid routing and searching the house below. 1836Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 170 Performed some of my home commissions, besides routing away for a couple of hours at the British Museum. 1897W. Beatty Secretar 37 We heard them routing about, and swearing, amongst the butts of ale.
2. a. trans. To turn over, or dig up, with the snout.
1571Tusser 100 Points Husb. 9 For rowting thy pasture, ring Hogs thou hast nede. 1621Nottingham Rec. IV. 378 For soffering the medow to be routted vp. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 54/2 They used to raise something of a fence about it [sc. a dead body] to keep off the beasts from routing it up. 1787Beckford Italy II. 269 Routing up the moss at their roots in search of acorns. 1818Keats Endymion i. 282 When snouted wild-boars routing tender corn Anger our huntsmen.
fig.1836Sir H. Taylor Statesman xxxii. 251 A lawyer..busy..in routing and tearing up the soil to get at a grain of the subject.
b. transf. To tear up, scoop out. Also with away and without const. spec. to cut a groove in (a wooden or metal surface), to machine or work with a router.
1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 72/2 The water that rushes down precipitately, routs up the bottom, and..carries away every thing that it can loosen. 1818Trans. R. Soc. Arts XXXV. 123 In the old way of routing the wood the grooves are torn and uneven at the bottom. 1843Holtzapffel Turning I. 135 The elastic tool..is put in motion, and.. routs or cuts out the shallow recess. 1884Jefferies Life of Fields (1908) 117 Like the claws of some prehistoric monster, the shares [of the steam-plough] rout up the ground. 1934Woodworker XXXVIII. 158/3 He first routs out his templet as suggested to the..shape he desires. 1946C. H. Hayward Light Machines for Woodwork xii. 155 It is of special value for routing the ends of pieces..of odd shape. 1948H. Missingham Student's Guide Commerc. Art ii. 100 The line block is finished by first routing away all unwanted metal from the work. 1958New Scientist 17 July 441/2 (caption) Routing an aircraft bulkhead from a solid billet of high-tensile aluminium alloy. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom vi. 131 You routed each plank all along its length to fit the next one?
3. a. To fetch or turn (a person) out of bed; to cause to get up. Also with out. Also to fetch (a person) out of a house, etc.
c1776H. Newdigate Let. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) i. 9 My Lord routed us out y⊇ moment we had breakfasted to pass sentence upon some trees that are to be fell'd. 1787M. Cutler Life, etc. (1888) I. 287 The people at the White House were gone to bed, but I soon routed them. 1856Mrs. Stowe Dred xxx. 303, I took a notable turn this morning, and routed them up to an early breakfast. 1892New York Sun 8 May 2/7 He ran to a neighbouring farmhouse, routed out the people.
b. To search out, bring to light Also, to turn out (a room, etc.).
1805G. M'Indoe Million of Potatoes 149 Syne routed up a glass for John. 1814Jane Austen Let. Aug. (1952) 397 as soon as my Trunk & Basket could be routed out from all the other Trunks & Baskets in the World, we were on our way. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xviii, The soldiers will soon have our description and rout us out. We shall be pinned in a couple of days. 1859Meredith R. Feverel xvi, Have you more of them, sir; of a similar description? Rout them out! 1929J. Masefield Hawbucks 101 He went home to his cellar and routed out a bottle of port. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 31 He dashed in to his room and routed out his heavy cowhide brogans. 1950R. Moore Candlemas Bay iii. 142 Ordinarily, he would have enjoyed routing out the fishhouse. 1973A. Christie Postern of Fate i. v. 39, I shall go up and rout him out.
c. To drive out from a place.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. v. (1873) 38 Who routed you from a rat-hole. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk., Rip van Winkle §12 From this strong hold the unlucky Rip was routed by his termagant wife.
4. To turn over; to toss or drive about.
1845Hood Tale of a Trumpet 121 After poking in pot and pan, And routing garments in want of stitches. 1856Stonehenge Brit. Rural Sports 59/2 Let him be put on the scent of pheasants.., and let him rout them about well for a few minutes.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also with out.
1572Schole-ho. Women 344 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 118 Plant them round with many a pin, Ringed for routing of pure golde. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 124 Leauing..M. Heskins with his groyne serching in that swill, I will chase him from routing in the holy auntient garden of Irenæus. 1758Edwards Sonn. xliv. (Todd), Do thou the monumental hillock guard From trampling cattle, and the routing swine. 1820Clare Rural Life, Poet's Wish 43 Curse upon that routing jade, My territories to invade. a1852Moore Moral Positions iii, To guard the frail package from tousing and routing, There stood my Lord Eld-n, endorsing it ‘Glass’. 1875Blackmore Alice Lorraine III. vi. 89, I would give a month's tithes for a good day's routing among that boy's accumulations. 1946C. H. Hayward Light Machines for Woodwork xii. 147 For such work as the free-hand routing out of..the ground⁓work of a piece of carving it is essential that the wood is laid flat..and the machine passed over it. 1953E. G. Hamilton Power Tools for Home Craftsman vii. 231 Routing with a pattern is a fast and simple method of doing production work. 1958New Scientist 17 July 441/1 The chief applications of the intricately shaped parts produced from solid metal by routing are in the aircraft industry. 1976C. H. Groneman Gen. Woodworking (ed. 5) xlvi. 224 (caption) Freehand routing of a penciled design.
attrib.1846Holtzapffel Turning II. 737 The stringings..are inlaid with the routing gage. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1995/2 Routing-machine. Ibid. 1996/1 Routing-tool. 1935Times 9 Nov. 4/4 Blind men..use, unaided, the circular saw and the routing machine (a speed of 15,000 revolutions a minute) to carve the animals.
▪ XX. rout, v.9|raʊt|
[App. an alteration of root v.1, but cf. MDu. rūten (later ruyten, ruiten) in the same sense. In later use perh. associated with v.10]
trans. To root out, to extirpate.
1591Nashe Prognostication 12 If God or the king rout them not out with a sharpe ouerthrow. c1605? Rowley Birth of Merlin iv. i, With an utter extirpation To rout the Brittains out and plant the English. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. ii. 52 The Jews were..routed out of Jerusalem. 1700J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra's Royal Politician I. 199 The ill Seed be routed out before it take Root. 1754A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 89 Whole Families are entirely routed out of House and Home. 1800J. Milner Lett. to Prebendary (1815) 98 It was to repress and rout out these..that the crusade..and the Inquisition were set on foot. 1865Kingsley Hereward xxi, Make the most of her before I rout thee out. 1907Blackw. Mag. Dec. 758/2 One may see the agents of Shems-ed-Dulal..passing along to rout out Christianity from Nubia.
†b. With out omitted. Obs. rare—1.
1682Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 162 The magistrates there have quite routed the meeting houses in that citty, and severall of the hearers sent to prison.
▪ XXI. rout, v.10|raʊt|
Also 7 root, route, rowt(e.
[f. rout n.2]
1. trans. To put (an army, body of troops, etc.) to rout; to compel to flee in disorder.
c1600[see the vbl. n.]. 1611Shakes. Cymb. v. ii. 12 Stand,..The lane is guarded: Nothing rowts vs, but The villany of our feares. 1617Moryson Itin. ii. 178 The Irish..were suddenly routed, and our men followed the execution. 164410th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. IV. 69 Col. Ludlowe with a regiment..of about 300 [horse] did charge and route 1400 of the King's forces. 1680Hickeringill Curse Ye Meroz 14 The French-men who rooted his Army. a1727Newton Chronol. Amended iv. (1728) 299 They routed the army of Pharaoh. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xli. IV. 167 They were routed at the first onset. 1839Thirlwall Greece xlviii. VI. 127 The Egyptians..were routed and fled toward the fortress. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §6. 205 A small English force..sufficed to rout the disorderly levies.
b. fig. To discomfit, defeat utterly.
1676D. Granville Lett. (Surtees) 159 A sound Arch⁓deacon sure..will rowte him. a1704T. Brown Satire upon French King Wks. 1730 I. 60 But now I'm clearly routed by the treaty. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxvii. 179 This gravity and decorum routed and surprised the Colonel more than any other kind of behaviour probably would.
c. To disperse, dispel, scatter, drive away.
1648–9Eikon Bas. 109 They think no Victories so effectuall to their designs as those that most rout and waste my Credit with my People. 1683Tryon Way to Health 536 'Tis certain that such diseases..are not to be routed by all their Regiments [etc.]. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop v, A few whispered words..routed these symptoms effectually. 1850Thackeray Pendennis vii, He..routed his mother's objections with infinite satisfaction to himself.
†2.
a. intr. To break into rout; to flee in disorder. Obs.
1631Chapman Cæsar & Pompey Plays 1873 III. 163 The souldiers..Euery way routing: as th' alarme were then Giuen to their army. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 6 The gallant Subvolvani..make a Sally Upon the stubborn Enemy, Who now begin to rout and fly.
†b. refl. in the same sense. Obs.
1636E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy II. 333 If the first front be broken,..they fall together into a confusion, and rout themselves. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vii. §195 The whole Body Routed themselves, and fled.
Hence ˈrouting vbl. n.
c1600Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. 80 The disorder or rowting of an enemie which is caused by the bow-men. 1650Fuller Pisgah iv. v. 85 So vain is it, for men to outvie Gods routings, with their recruitings. |