roussir, v.a. and n., to redden; to singe, to scorch; to dye of a rusty color, or of a fawn-color; to grow red, to turn red; to singe, to scorch. Faire —; to brown (meat, etc.).
roussissage, n.m., dyeing red.
rouster or rusturer, v.a., (nav.) to woold, to wind (ropes).
rousture or rosture, n.f., (nav.) woolding.
rout (raoot), n.m., (—) rout (assembly). V. raout.
*routailler, v.a., (hunt.) to track.
route, n.f., road, way; journey, route, direction, path, course; (nav.) track, course, way, run; riding (in a forest); track, path (of planets, comets). Grand’—, (—-—s) highway. — ordinaire; common road. — de traverse; cross road. Il est resté en —; he remained behind. Il est en —; he is on his way. Prendre la — de; to take the way to, to go in the direction of, to make for. Faire —; to travel. Faire —; (nav.) to sail. À la —! (nav.) steer the course! Porter à —; to go, or take, a straight course. Faire fausse —; to take the wrong road; (nav.) to alter the course; (fig.) to take a wrong step; to make a mistake. — estimée; (nav.) dead reckoning. Feuille de —; (milit.) route; way-bill (of public conveyances). On lui a tracé sa —; his course is marked out for him. La — de la vertu; the path of virtue.
routier (-tié), n.m., (geog.) tract chart, road book; (nav.) sailing orders, guide, pilot. Vieux —; old stager.
routi-er, -ère, adj., of roads. Carte —ère; road-map. Locomotive —; traction engine, road engine.
routine, n.f., routine, habit; rote (frequent repetition of sounds). Par —; by routine, by habit, by rote.