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= Norw. rost, a current, a line of billows.] A 
Cos. 'Fore God, they have given me a rmise already. 
Mon. Good faith, a little one ; not past a pint> as I am a 
soldier. Shale., Othello, ii. 3. 66. 
I have took, since supper, 
A rouge or two too much, and, by [the gods), 
It warms my blood. 
au. and Fl., Knight of Malta, ill. 4. TOUSt 2 , TOOSt 2 (rost), V. i. 
tidal current. 
This lofty promontory is constantly exposed to the cur- 
rent of a strong and furious tide, . . . called the Roost of 
Sumburgh. Scott, Pirate, iv. 
[< roust 2 , n.] To 
Fill the cup and nil the can, 
Have a rouse before the morn. 
Tennyson, Vision of Sin. 
Hence 2. Noise; intemperate mirth. Hani- 
well. [Prov. Eng.] 
rouse 3 (roz), v. t. Same as roose. 
rousement (rouz'ment), n. [< rouse 1 + -ment.] 
Arousal ; a rousing up ; specifically, an arous- 
ing religious discourse ; an awakening appeal 
or incitement. [Colloq.] 
Deep strong feeling, but no excitement. They are not 
apt to indulge in any more rousements. 
The Congregationalist, Sept. 27, 1883. 
Dr. was also prei 
thatthih rJusTor etc^esl IctSn! rousty (ros'ti), a. 
drive 'fiercely, as a current. [Rare.] 
And in the .vi. degrees wee mette northerly wyndes 
and greate roostynge of tydes. 
R. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. 882). 
roustabout (roust 'a-bout'), n. [Cf. E. dial. 
rousabout, a restless, fidgety person ; < rouse 1 
or roust 1 + about.'] A common wharf-laborer 
or deck-hand, originally one on the Mississippi 
or other western river. [U. S.] 
In the middle of the group was an old Mississippi roust- 
about singing the famous old river song called " Limber 
Jim." New York Sun, March 23, 1890. 
rouster (rous'ter), n. Same as roustabout. 
Men . . . who used to be rousters, and are now broken 
down and played out. The American, VI. 40. 
A Scotch form of rusty 1 . 
who or that which rouses or excites to action. iujr v* /i " " "^^ 
j rout 1 (rout), v. t. [< ME. routen, rowten, ruten, 
rouSnot my mind P * < AS. Vta, also 'hredtan, reotan (pret. redt), 
Shellmi, tr. of Don Quixote, iii. 6. (Latham.) make a noise, snore, = OFries. hrtita, ruta = 
2. That which rouses attention or interest ; 
something exciting or astonishing: as, the 
OD. ruten, MD. ruyten, make a noise, chatter, 
as birds, = OHG. riuzan, make a noise, weep, 
etc., = Icel. rjota, hrjota, roar, rattle, snore; cf. 
in the hop-copper, 
rouseyt (rou'zi), a. [Also rowsey; < rouse 2 + 
-y 1 .] Carousing; noisy; riotous. 
I thought it good, necessary, and my bounden duty to 
acquaint your goodness with the abominable, wicked, and 
detestable behaviour of all these rowsey, ragged rabble- 
ment of rake-hells. Barman, Caveat for Cursetors, p. it. 
rousing (rou'zing), n. [Verbal n. of rouse 1 , v."] 
A method of curing herring ; roiling. See 
rouse 1 , v. t., 6. 
rousing (rou'zing), p. a. [Ppr. of rouse 1 , v.] 
Having power to rouse, excite, or astonish; 
surprisingly great, swift, violent, forcible, 
lively, or the like: as, a rousing fire; a rous- 
ing pace ; a rousing meeting ; a rousing lie or 
oath. 
A Jew, who kept a sausage-shop in the same street, had 
the ill-luck to die of a stranguary, and leave his widow in 
possession of a rousing trade. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ix. 5. 
verb.] 1. To make a noise; roar; bellow, as 
a bull or cow; snort, as a horse. [Obsolete or 
Scotch.] 
Sax poor ca's stand in the sta', 
A' routing loud for their minnie. 
Jamie Telfer (Child's Ballads, VI. 108). 
The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone, 
The kye stood rowtiri i' the loan. 
Burns, TheTwa Dogs. 
Some of the bulls keep traveling up and down, bellowing 
and routing, or giving vent to long, surly grumblings as 
they paw the sand. 
T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 66. 
2f. To snore. 
Longe tyme I slepte ; . . . 
Eeste me there, and rutte faste. 
Fieri Plowman (B), xviil. 7. 
For travallle of his goost he groneth sore, 
And eft he rmdeth, for his heed myslay. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 461. 
3f. To howl, as the wind; make a roaring 
noise. 
The sterne wynde so loude gan to route 
That no wight other noyse myghte here. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ill. 743. 
The stormy winds did roar again, 
The raging waves did rout. 
The Lowlands of Holland (Child's Ballads, II. 214). 
rousingly (rou'zing-li), adv. In a rousing 
manner; astonishingly; excitingly. 
roussant (ro'sant), a. In her., same as rousant. 
Rousseauism (ro-so'izm), n. [< Rousseau (see 
def.) + -ism.'] That which distinguishes or is 
characteristic of the writings of the French au- 
thor Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), espe- rout 1 (rout), n. [< ME. rowt,rowte; from the 
cially in regard to social order and relations, verb.] 1. A loud noise; uproar; tumult, 
or the social contract (which see, under con- 
tract). 
Rousseauist (ro-so'ist), n. [< Rousseau (see 
Bousseauism) + -ist.~] A follower or an admirer 
of J. J. Rousseau ; a believer in Rousseau's doc- 
trines or principles. 
Rousseauite (ro-so'it), . [< Rousseau (see 
Rousseauism) + -tie 2 .] Same as Rousseauist. 
Rousseau's laudanum. A fermented aqueous 
solution of opium, to which is added very 
weak alcohol: seven drops contain about one 
grain of opium. 
Rousselot s caustic. A caustic composed of 
one part of arsenious acid, five parts of red 
Give me to know 
How this foul rout began, who set it on. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 3. 210. 
They haue many professed Fhisicians, who with their 
charmes and Rattles, with an infernal rout of words and 
actions, will seeme to sucke their inward griefe from their 
navels. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 137. 
Not school boys at a barring out 
Rais'd ever such incessant rout. 
Xi'-ift, Journal of a Modern Lady. 
Sir Robert; who makes as much rout with him [a dog] 
as I do, says he never saw ten people show so much real 
concern. H. Walpole, To Mann, Oct. 8, 1742. 
2f. Snoring. Chaucer (eA. Morris). 3. A stun- 
ning blow. 
sulphuret of mercury, and two parts of burnt rout 2 (rout), r. [Formerly wrout; avar.of root 2 , 
sponge. Also called Frere Gome's caustic. 
roussette (ro-sef), . [Also rosset; < F. rous- 
sette, < roitsset, reddish: see russet 1 ."] 1. A fruit- 
eating bat of a russet or brownish-red color ; 
hence, any fox-bat of the genus Pteropus or 
family Pteropodidse. See cuts under fruit-bat 
and Pteropus. 2. Any shark of the family 
Sci/lliidse; a dogfish. 
Roussillon (i'6-se-ly6n'), n. [< Roussillon, a for- 
mer province in southern France.] A strong 
wine of very dark-red color, made in southern 
France. It is used for mixing with light-colored and 
weaker wines, a few of the better varieties being used as 
formerly wroot: see root 2 ."] I. trans. 1. To 
turn up with the snout; root, as a hog: same 
as root 2 , 1. 
Winder of the horn 
When snouted wild-boars, routing tender corn, 
Anger our huntsman. Keats, Endymlon, i. 
2. In mech., to deepen; scoop out; cut out; 
dig out, as moldings, the spaces between and 
around block-letters, bookbinders' stamps, etc. 
II. intrans. To root; rummage or poke about. 
What 11 they say to me if I go a routing and rookling in 
their drains, like an old sow by the wayside? 
Eingsley, Two Years Ago, xiv. 
dessert-wines. It appears, too, that a great deal goes into ___4,3 c- n ,,f\ rVormprlv also mint < ME 
the Spanish peninsula, where it Is flavored and sold as port- rOUt-> ( at), M. L*' \mp , 
wine route, rute = MD. rote, D. rot = MHGr. rote, 
'oust 1 (roust), r. [Appar. < rouse 1 (with excres- 
cent *)] I. trans. To rouse or disturb; rout 
roust 1 (roust), r. [Appar. < rouse 1 (with excres- 
cent t).] I. trans. 
out ; stir or start up. 
II. intrans. To stir or act briskly; move or 
work energetically. Compare roustabout. [Col- 
loq. in both uses.] 
roust 2 , roost 2 (rost), n. [Also rost; < Icel. 
rost (pi. rontir), a, current, a stream in the sea, 
rotte, G. rotte = Icel. rotti = Sw. rote = Dan. 
rode, a troop, band, < OF. route, roupte, rote = 
Pr. rota, a troop, band, company, multitude, 
flock, herd, < ML. rupta, also, after Rom., rutta, 
ruta, rota, a troop, band, prop, a division of an 
army, < L. rupta, fern, of ruptits (> It. rotto = 
OF. rout, roupt), broken, divided, pp. of ruin- 
pere, break : see rupture. Cf. rout*, routs, route, 
rout 
rote, rut 1 , from the same ult. source.] 1. A 
troop ; a band ; a company in general, either of 
persons or of animals; specifically, a pack of 
wolves ; any irregular or casual aggregation of 
beings; a crowd. 
Al the englene rute. Ancren Riu-le, p. 92, note. 
Tnkked he was, as is a frere, aboute, 
And evere he rood the hyndreste of our route. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., 1. 622. 
Alle the route [of ants) 
A trayne of chalk or askes holdeth oute. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. 
The foresters . . . talk of the chase of the boar and bull, 
of a rout of wolves, etc. The Academy, Feb. 4, 1888, p. 71. 
2. A disorderly or confused crowd of persons ; 
a tumultuous rabble ; used absolutely, the gen- 
eral or vulgar mass; the rabble. 
You shall be cast 
Into that pitt, with the ungodlie rout, 
Where the worm dies not, the nre ne're goes out. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. 8.X p. 18. 
Whence can sport in kind arise, 
But from the rural routs and families? 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, Prol. 
A rout of saucy boys 
Brake on us at our books, and marr'd our peace. 
Tennyson, Princess, v. 
3. A large social assemblage ; a general gath- 
ering of guests for entertainment; a crowded 
evening party. 
I have attended a very splendid rout at Lord Grey's. 
Macaulay, in Trevelyan, I. 265. 
He found everybody going away from his house, and all 
to Mrs. Dumplin's rout ; upon which. . . he painted and 
described in such glowing colors the horrors of a Dump- 
lin rout the heat, the crowd, the bad lemonade, the ig- 
nominy of appearing next day in the Morning Post that 
at last, with one accord, all turned back. 
Lady Holland, Sydney Smith, iv. 
4. At common law, an assemblage of three or 
more persons breaking or threatening to break 
the peace ; a company which is engaged in or 
has made some movement toward unlawful 
action. 
rout 3 t (rout), v. i. [< ME. routen, ruten (= Sw. 
rota = Dan. rotte), assemble; < roufi, n.~] To 
collect together; assemble in a company. 
In al that lond no Cristen men durste route. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 442. 
The meaner sort routed together, and, suddenly assailing 
the earl [of Northumberland] in his house, slew him. 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. 
rout 4 (rout), n. [Formerly also rowt; < ME. 
route, rute, < OF. route, rote, rute = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
rota = It. rotta, formerly also rotto, a defeat, 
rout, < ML. rupta, defeat, overthrow, rout, < L. 
rupta, fern, of ruptus, broken: see rout 3 , which 
is in form and source identical with rout*, 
though differently applied. ] A defeat followed 
by confused or tumultuous retreat ; disorderly 
flight caused by defeat, as of an army or any 
body of contestants; hence, any thorough re- 
pulse, overthrow, or discomfiture: as, to put 
an army to rout. 
Shame and confusion ! all is on the rout. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., v. 2. 21. 
I hope this bout to give thee the rout, 
And then have at thy purse. 
Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 263). 
Such a numerous host 
Fled not in silence through the frighted deep, 
With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, 
Confusion worse confounded. Milton, P. L. , it 995. 
rout 4 (rout), v. [< rout*, .] I. trans. 1. To 
put to rout; drive into disordered flight by de- 
feat, as an armed force; hence, to defeat or 
repulse thoroughly; drive off or dispel, as some- 
thing of an inimical character. 
Spur through Media, 
Mesopotamia, and the shelters whither 
The routed fly. Shak., A. and C., iii. 1. 9. 
Come, come, my Lord, we're routed Horse and Foot 
Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, it 1. 
sound to rout the brood of cares, 
The sweep of scythe in morning dew ! 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxxix. 
They were routed in the house, routed in the Courts, 
and routed before the people. 
Theodore Parker, Historic Americans, iii. 
2. To drive or force, as from a state of repose, 
concealment, or the like; urge or incite to 
movement or activity ; hence, to draw or drag 
(forth or out) : generally with out or up : as, 
to rout out a lot of intruders ; to rout up a sleep- 
er; to rout out a secret hoard or a recondite 
fact. See router-out. 
Routed out at length from her hiding place. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 128. 
= Syn. 1. Overwhelm, Overthrow, etc. See defeat. 
ft. intrans. If. To crowd or be driven into a 
confused mass, as from panic following defeat, 
