ˈrevel-rout Now arch. or Obs.
[f. revel n.1 + rout n.]
1. Uproarious revelry; boisterous merriment.
Frequently with vbs. to keep, make, or play.
| a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. i, Sometime Dauy Diceplayer..Keepeth reuell route as long as it will last. 1591 Spenser M. Hubberd 558 Then made they revell route and goodly glee. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvi. (1614) 430 After all this reuel-rout they demaund againe of the Demoniake, if the God be appeased. 1619 Fletcher Mons. Thomas v. viii, There is a strange thing like a gentlewoman..Plays revel⁓rout among us. a 1680 Charnock Sinfulness & Cure of Th. Wks. (1849) 148 Revel-rout is usual where there is a negligent government. 1742 Shenstone Schoolmistr. 266 With boist'rous revel rout and wild uproar. |
b. An occasion of revelling; a revel.
| a 1652 Brome Queenes Exch. ii. ii, Then who shall daunce The hobby horse at our next Revel rout? 1713 Rowe Jane Shore i. i, My Brother..Is gone to his Account, For this, his Minion, The Revel-rout is done. |
2. A crowd or party of revellers. rare.
| ? 1655 Frier & Boy ii. (Nares), Ay, that we will, we'll break your spell, Reply'd the revel-rout. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth xvii, ‘Our monarch has abdicated sooner than usual this night,’ said one of the revel rout. |