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2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly .

3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions .

To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. Atterbury.

4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea. Milton.

5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.]

Spenser. Shak.

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Rouse , v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.]

Night's black agents to their preys do rouse . Shak.

2. To awake from sleep or repose.

Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope.

3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

Rouser <Xpage=1255>

Rous"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, rouses.

2. Something very exciting or great. [Colloq.]

3. (Brewing) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

Rousing <Xpage=1255>

Rous"ing (?) , a. 1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.

I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me. Milton.

2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie . [Colloq.]

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Rous"ing*ly , adv. In a rousing manner.

Roussette <Xpage=1255>

Rous*sette" (?) , n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the color. See Russet .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species ( Pieropus vulgaris ) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any small shark of the genus Scyllium ; -- called also dogfish . See Dogfish .

Roust <Xpage=1255>

Roust (roust) , v. t. To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out . [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Roust <Xpage=1255>

Roust , n. [Cf. Icel. r\'94st an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost , and roost .]

Jamieson.

Roustabout <Xpage=1255>

Roust"a*bout` (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs. [Western U.S.]

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout (rout) , v. i. [AS. hr&umac;tan .] To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. [Obs. or Scot.]

Chaucer.

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout , n. A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.

Shak.

This new book the whole world makes such a rout about. Sterne.

"My child, it is not well," I said, "Among the graves to shout; To laugh and play among the dead, And make this noisy rout ." Trench.

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout , v. t. [A variant of root .] To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.

To rout out (a) To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find . (b) To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of bed . [Colloq.]

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Rout , v. i. To search or root in the ground, as a swine.

Edwards.

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout , n. [OF. route , LL. rupta , properly, a breaking, fr. L. ruptus , p.p. of rumpere to break. See Rupture , reave , and cf. Rote repetition of forms, Route . In some senses this word has been confused with rout a bellowing, an uproar.] [Formerly spelled also route .] 1. A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. [Obs.] "A route of ratones [rats]." Piers Plowman. "A great solemn route ." Chaucer.

And ever he rode the hinderest of the route . Chaucer.

A rout of people there assembled were. Spenser.

2. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.

the endless routs of wretched thralls. Spenser.

The ringleader and head of all this rout . Shak.

Nor do I name of men the common rout . Milton.

3. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete .

thy army . . . Dispersed in rout , betook them all to fly. Daniel.

To these giad conquest, murderous rout to those. pope.

4. (Law) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.

Wharton.

5. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party. "At routs and dances."

Landor.

To put to rout , to defeat and throw into confusion; to overthrow and put to flight.

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Routed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Routing .] To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.

That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied. Clarendon.

Syn. -- To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.

Rout <Xpage=1255>

Rout , v. i. To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company. [obs.]

Bacon.

In all that land no Christian[s] durste route . Chaucer.

Route <Xpage=1255>

Route (r&oomac;t &or; rout; 277) , n. [OE. & F. route , OF. rote , fr. L. rupta (sc. via ), fr. ruptus , p.p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout , and cf. Rut a track.] The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

Wide through the furzy field their route they take. Gay.

Router <Xpage=1255>

Rout"er (?) , n. (Carp.) (a) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes. (b) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

Routhe <Xpage=1255>

Routhe (?) , n. Ruth; sorrow. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

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Rou"ti*na*ry (?) , a. Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary. [R.]

Emerson.

Routine <Xpage=1255>

Rou*tine" (?) , n. [F., fr. route a path, way, road. See Route , Rote repetition.] 1. A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.

2. Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.

Routinism <Xpage=1255>

Rou*tin""ism (?) , n. the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.

Routinist <Xpage=1255>

Rou*tin"ist , n. One who habituated to a routine.

Routish <Xpage=1255>

Rout"ish (?) , a. Uproarious; riotous. [Obs.]

Routously <Xpage=1255>

Rout"ous*ly (?) , adv. (Law) With that violation of law called a rout. See 5th Rout , 4.

Roux <Xpage=1255>

Roux (?) , n. [F. beurre roux brown butter.] (Cookery) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

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Rove <Xpage=1256>

Rove (?) , v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve .] 1. To draw through an eye or aperture.

2. To draw out into falkes; to card, as wool.

Jamieson.

3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

Rove <Xpage=1256>

Rove (?) , n. 1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and <?/lighty twisted, preparatory to futher process; a roving.

Rove <Xpage=1256>

Rove , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Roved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Roving .] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave . See Reave Rob .] 1. To practice robbery on the seas;to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.]

Hakluyt.

2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.

For who has power to walk has power to rove . Arbuthnot.

3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range).

Fair Venusson that with thy cruel dart At that good knoght cunningly didst rove . Spenser.

Syn. -- To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.

Rove <Xpage=1256>

Rove , v. t. 1. To wander over or through.

Roving the field, i chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold. milton.

2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

Rove <Xpage=1256>

Rove , n. The act of wandering; a ramble.

In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young.

Rove beetle (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinid\'91 , having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.

Rover <Xpage=1256>

Rov"er (?) , n. [D. roover a robber. See Rove , v. i. ] 1. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. Holland.

2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.

3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.

4. (Croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.

5. (Archery) (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances.

Encyc. Brit.

(b) A sort of arrow . [Obs.]

All sorts, flights, rovers , and butt shafts. B. Jonson.

At rovers , at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers . See def. 5 (a) above . Addison.

Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers . Robynson (More's Utopia).

Roving <Xpage=1256>

Rov"ing , n. 1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame , or roving machine .

2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove , 2.

Roving frame , Roving machine , a machine for drawing and twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.

Roving <Xpage=1256>

Rov"ing , n. The act of one who roves or wanders.

Rovingly <Xpage=1256>

Rov"ing*ly , adv. In a wandering manner.

Rovingness <Xpage=1256>

Rov"ing*ness , n. The state of roving.

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row (?) , a. & adv. [See Rough .] Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he never so row ."

Chaucer.

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row , n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse , n.] A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.]

Byron.

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row (?) , n. [OE. rowe , rawe , rewe , AS. r\'bew , r<?/w ; probably akin to D. rij , G. reihe ; cf. Skr. r<?/kh\'be a line, stroke.] A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns .

And there were windows in three rows . 1 Kings vii. 4.

The bright seraphim in burning row . Milton.

Row culture (Agric.) , the practice of cultivating crops in drills. -- Row of points (Geom.) , the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing .] [AS. r<?/wan ; akin to D. roeijen , MHG. r\'81ejen , Dan. roe , Sw. ro , Icel. r<?/a , L. remus oar, Gr. <?/, Skr. aritra . &root;8. Cf. Rudder .] 1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat .

2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge .

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row , v. i. 1. To use the oar; as, to row well .

2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily .

Row <Xpage=1256>

Row , n. The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

Rowable <Xpage=1256>

Row"a*ble (?) , a. That may be rowed, or rowed upon. "That long barren fen, once rowable ."

B. Jonson.

Rowan <Xpage=1256>

Row"an (?) , n. Rowan tree.

Rowan barry , a barry of the rowan tree.

Rowan tree <Xpage=1256>

Row"an tree` (?) . [Cf. Sw. r\'94nn , Dan. r\'94nne , Icel. reynir , and L. ornus .] (Bot.) A european tree ( Pyrus aucuparia ) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree , and mountain ash . The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit ( Pyrus Americana , and P. sambucifolia ).

Rowboat <Xpage=1256>

Row"boat` (?) , n. A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

Rowdy <Xpage=1256>

Row"dy (?) , n. ; pl. Rowdies (#) . [From Rout , or Row a brawl.] One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

M. Arnold.

Rowdydow <Xpage=1256>

Row"dy*dow (?) , n. Hubbub; uproar. [Vulgar]

Rowdydowdy <Xpage=1256>

Row"dy*dow`dy (?) , a. Uproarious. [Vulgar]

Rowdyish <Xpage=1256>

Row"dy*ish , a. Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.

Rowdyism <Xpage=1256>

Row"dy*ism (?) , n. the conduct of a rowdy.

Rowed <Xpage=1256>

Rowed (?) , a. Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve- rowed ear of corn .

Rowel <Xpage=1256>

Row"el (?) , n. [OF. roele , rouele , properly, a little wheel, F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll , and cf. Rota .] 1. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.

With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood. Cowper.

2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.

The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. Spenser.

3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.

Rowel <Xpage=1256>

Row"el , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roweled (?) or Rowelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Roweling or Rowelling .] (Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).

Mortimer.

Rowel bone <Xpage=1256>

Row"el bone` (?) . See rewel bone . [Obs.]

Rowen <Xpage=1256>

Row"en (?) , n. [Cf. E. rough , OE. row , rowe .] [Called also rowet , rowett , rowings , roughings .] 1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.

Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes. Mortimer.

2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Rower <Xpage=1256>

Row"er (?) , n. One who rows with an oar.

Rowett <Xpage=1256>

Row"ett (?) , n. See Rowen .

Rowlock <Xpage=1256>

Row"lock (? colloq. <?/) , n. [For oarlock ; AS. \'b5 rloc , where the second part is skin to G. loch a hole, E. lock a fastening. See Oar , and Lock .] (Naut.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.

Rown <Xpage=1256>

Rown (?) , v. i. & t. see Roun . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Rowport <Xpage=1256>

Row"port (?) , n. (Naut.) An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.

Roxburgh <Xpage=1256>

Rox"burgh (?; Scot. <?/) , n. [From the third duke of Roxburgh (Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound.] A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.

Roy <Xpage=1256>

Roy (roi) , n. [F. roi .] A king. [obs.]

Roy <Xpage=1256>

Roy , a. Royal. [Obs.]

Chapman.

Royal <Xpage=1256>

Roy"al (?) , a. [OE. roial , riall , real , OF. roial . reial , F. royal , fr. L. regalis , fr. rex , regis , king. See Rich , and cf. regal , real a coin, Rial .] 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state .

2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? Shak.

3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society .