wroutv.
Now dialect.
intransitive. = wroot v. 1.
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1530 in Ancestor XI. (1904) 183 Crest a boore silver wrouting in a bushe of nettelles vert.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 786/1 I wroote, or wroute, as a swyne dothe, je fouille du museau.
1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 355 Ledd with th' affection, th' onlie Springe and Roote, that all godlie Goverment clerelie wroutethe owte.
1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse i. 46 Like Swine.., we grouze vp the ake-cornes, and..lie wrouting & thrusting our noses in the earth for more.
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