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▪ I. routh, n. Sc. and north.|raʊθ|
Also rowth.
[Of obscure origin.]
Abundance, plenty.
1720Ramsay Edinb.'s Salut. to Ld. Carnarvon iv, But routh for pleasure and for use..You's hae at will. 1725― Gentle Sheph. iii. iv, Nor does he want o' them a rowth at will. 1785Burns Scotch Drink 123 Fortune! if thou'll but gie me..rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, Tak a' the rest. 1816Scott Antiq. xl, I trow there was routh o' company. 1842J. Aiton Domest. Economy (1857) 144 An unfavourable impression..which requires more hospitality and routh to remove than should be gone into at a manse. 1894Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 215 He has a barren heritage and routh of heather.
Prov.1737Ramsay Scot. Prov. (1797) 14 A houndless hunter, and a gunless gunner, see aye rowth of game.
▪ II. routh, a. Sc.|raʊθ|
Also rowth, ruth.
[Cf. prec.]
Abundant, plentiful; well supplied.
1791J. Learmont Poems 28 [They] rue the day wi' wailin's rowth. 1822Galt Provost xxxv, She..had aye a ruth and ready hand for the needful. 1863Quinn Heather Lintie 225 Tae keep us rowth I've meal eneuch.
▪ III. routh
obs. f. rough a., var. of rowth (rowing), obs. f. ruth n. |