▪ I. routh, n. Sc. and north.
(raʊθ)
Also rowth.
[Of obscure origin.]
Abundance, plenty.
| 1720 Ramsay Edinb.'s Salut. to Ld. Carnarvon iv, But routh for pleasure and for use..You's hae at will. 1725 ― Gentle Sheph. iii. iv, Nor does he want o' them a rowth at will. 1785 Burns Scotch Drink 123 Fortune! if thou'll but gie me..rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, Tak a' the rest. 1816 Scott Antiq. xl, I trow there was routh o' company. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Economy (1857) 144 An unfavourable impression..which requires more hospitality and routh to remove than should be gone into at a manse. 1894 Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 215 He has a barren heritage and routh of heather. |
| Prov. 1737 Ramsay Scot. Prov. (1797) 14 A houndless hunter, and a gunless gunner, see aye rowth of game. |
▪ II. routh, a. Sc.
(raʊθ)
Also rowth, ruth.
[Cf. prec.]
Abundant, plentiful; well supplied.
| 1791 J. Learmont Poems 28 [They] rue the day wi' wailin's rowth. 1822 Galt Provost xxxv, She..had aye a ruth and ready hand for the needful. 1863 Quinn Heather Lintie 225 Tae keep us rowth I've meal eneuch. |
▪ III. routh
obs. f. rough a., var. of rowth (rowing), obs. f. ruth n.