Defn: A kind of rich sweet cake made for routs, or evening parties.
Twenty-four little rout cakes that were lying neglected in a plate.
Thackeray.
ROUTE Route (root or rout; 277), n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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 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
Routhe, n.
Defn: Ruth; sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ROUTINARY
Rou"ti*na*ry, a.
Defn: Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary. [R.]
Emerson.
ROUTINE
Rou*tine", n. Etym: [F., fr. route a path, way, road. See Route,
Roterepetition.]