Vocabulary : Rouser to Routed

Rouser : One who, or that which, rouses. ;; Something very exciting or great. ;; A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
Rousing : of Rouse ;; Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. ;; Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie.
Rousingly : In a rousing manner.
Roussette : 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. ;; Any small shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.
Roust : To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out. ;; A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
Roustabout : 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.
Rout : To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. ;; A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. ;; To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. ;; To search or root in the ground, as a swine. ;; A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. ;; A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A fashionable assembly, or large evening party. ;; To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout. ;; To assemble in a crowd, whether order
Rout cake : A kind of rich sweet cake made for routs, or evening parties.
Route : The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
Routed : of Rout
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