routedn.adj.1
/ˈraʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈraʊdəd/ A. n.
With the and plural agreement. People who have been routed (rout v.11) considered as a class.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] > defeated or fleeing
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. i. 9 Spurre through Media..and the shelters, whether The routed flie. View more context for this quotation
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 218 Now past the Tomb where ancient Ilus lay, Thro' the mid Field the routed urge their way.
1847 G. H. Smith tr. J. Michelet Hist. France II. xvii. ii. 350/2 The mass of the routed were impelled by the inclination of the ground to a spot where two rivulets met.
1903 M. J. Byrne tr. P. O'Sullivan-Bear Ireland under Elizabeth iii. vii. x. 169 The routed were not pursued far.
1982 M. C. Lyons & D. E. P. Jackson Saladin (2001) vi. 93 He had decided not to pursue the routed, to take prisoners or to refuse quarter to those who asked for it.
B. adj.1
That has been routed (rout v.11); compelled to retreat in disorder and haste; defeated resoundingly.
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society > armed hostility > defeat > [adjective] > put to flight
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1623 E. Grimeston in W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 782 The Baron de Prener, taking his charge, assembled 6000 foot of his routed Army, and all the horse.
1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis xciii. 247/1 A city or castle that stands out, (whereunto the routed enemie hath betaken himself).
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life i. 2 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) It fares with us in Humane Life, as in a Routed Army.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 212 The..Remains of his routed Regiments.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 265 The poor remains of his father's routed forces.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 614 The routed army came pouring into the streets of Bridgewater.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 224 The routed soldiery turned into free companies of bandits.
1954 R. Phares Texas Trad. xiv. 187 A 75-year-old soldier..was found stalking among the routed Mexicans after San Jacinto.
1976 J. McCloy & R. Miller Jersey Devil iii. 66 Leaving the routed West Collingswood firemen, the Jersey Devil travelled up Mount Ephraim Avenue.
2001 Independent 16 May ii. 3/1 Saddam's routed army lay helpless before them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
routedadj.2
/ˈraʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈraʊdəd/ Chiefly Woodworking.
That has been worked or shaped using a router (router n.5 2).
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1870 Architect 2 July 4/1 This applies alike to turned, planed, or routed mouldings.
1916 L. A. Legros & J. C. Grant Typogr. Printing-surfaces 591 Type-plates cast from routed wood patterns for printing on wooden boxes.
1963 Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. 19/2 Ornamented with routed wood corner aprons, the table has a wood-grain laminated top.
2002 Fine Woodworking May–June 16/2 Mount the two stones in routed troughs of different depths in a piece of melamine.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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