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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rout, Rowt, n.² Also: route. [f. or f. as Rout v.⁴] A (heavy) blow or stroke.Freq., to rek a rout (to, till a person, also const. indirect object), to gif a rout (to, till a person); also, to lay a rout on (upon) a person or his accoutrements.To bere a rout, to receive a blow.(1) 1375 Barb. ii 359.
The worthiest … rowtis ruyd about thaim dang ?1438 Alex. ii 1708.
He … routes rude about him threw a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 940.
The rede blude with the rout folowit the blaid c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 68.
My hand I hecht To red thy rebald rymyng with a rowt 1513 Doug. ix xiii 73.
Hys scheild na langar mycht sik rowtis sustene 1535 Stewart 27867.
Tha [sc. warriors] rappit on with mony rout full rude c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 755.
Ruschand on vther routtis rude, That ouir the waillis ran the blude a1570-86 Maitl. F. 241/25.
Thay rais me all with ane rout And chasis me the toun about 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv 703.
Betuixt the schoulders a royall route, Turning him wodderschins about 1657 R. Moray Lett. 31 Dec.
A lusty rout with a hazell rung would soon cure you of that intercalar disease(2) 1375 Barb. v 634.
Bot he that had his sword on hycht Roucht him sic rout [etc.] Ib. xv 48.
Thai … Sic rowtis till other raucht With stok, with stane, & with retrete [etc.] ?1438 Alex. i 162.
Lyonell … Wpon the hede ane rout him raucht Ib. ii 8441.
On helmes, sheildis and shoulderis braid Sik routis thay raucht 1460 Hay Alex. MS 16719.
To Dairiz he rekit sic ane rout a1500 Henr. Fab. 2086. 1535 Stewart 12733.
So mony rout amang thame thair wes raucht a1570-86 Maitl. F. 245/33.(3) 1375 Barb. xiii 198.
The … erle … And his that sua gret rowtis geff ?1438 Alex. i 3092.
Great routis can thay gif and tak c1475 Wall. v 1117.
Wallace rudly sic routis to thaim gaifffig. 1573 Davidson Sat. P. xli 112.
Sanctandrois … first in thé he [sc. Knox] gaue the rout Till Antechrist(4) 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 1708.
On his scheild thai laid sa mony rout a1500 K. Hart 536.
Ane felloun rout he layde on his rig-bone 1513 Doug. xiii Prol. 148.
He … twenty rowtis apon my riggyng laid(5) a1500 K. Hart 447.
Rin on thy way or thow sall beir ane route 1540 Lynd. Sat. 2289.
Or be Goddis breid Robene sall beir a rowt

b. A buffet given by an animal. a1400 Leg. S. xl 453.
A bule … in the wame racht hym sic a rout 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3788.
Than Bussifal … With tuskis harnyes and fete he delt sic rowtis That nane micht rest c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 164/100.
The egill … rawcht him mony a rowt