ROUST, ROST, _s._ A strong tide or current, Orkn.
_Brand._
Isl. _roest_, _raust_, aestuaria.
_To_ ROUST, _v. n._
1. To cry with a rough voice, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. To bellow; applied to cattle, S. B.
_Douglas._
Isl. _raust_, vox canora; Dan. _roest_, a cry.
~Roust~, _s._ The act of roaring, S. B.
~Rousty~, _adj._.
1. Hoarse.
_Ruddiman._
2. Not refined.
_Pal. Hon._
ROUSTREE, _s._ The cross bar on which the crook is hung, Aberd.
Su. G. _roeste_, suprema aedificii pars.
_To_ ROUT, ROWT, _v. n._
1. To bellow, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _raut-a_, rugire belluarum more.
2. To make a great noise.
_Douglas._
~Rout~, ~Rowt~, _s._
1. The act of bellowing, S.
_Douglas._
2. A roar, a loud noise, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ROUT, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _rot-a_, percutio; _rot_, ictus.
~Rout~, ~Rute~, _s._ A severe blow, S.
_Barbour._
ROUTAND, _part. pr._ Assembling.
Isl. _rot-ast_, conglobare.
_Barbour._
ROUTH, ROUCH, _s._
1. The act of rowing.
_Douglas._
2. A stroke of the oar.
_Douglas._
A. S. _rewete_, _rowette_, remigatio.
ROUTH, ROWTH, _s._ Plenty, S.
_Ramsay._
C. B. _rhwth_, large, capacious.
~Routhie~, _adj._ Plentiful, S.