route step (rot′step)

An order of march in which soldiers are not required to keep step or remain silent, and may carry their arms at will, provided the muzzles are elevated. routhlt, n. An obsolete form of ruth. routh2 (routh), a. [Also routh; cf. W. rhuth, wide, gaping, rhoth, loose, hollow.] Plentiful; abundant. Jamie son. [Scotch.] IMG:content-2535.png:[blocks in formation] routier (rö-ti-ā'), n. [F., IMG:content-2536.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Fixed habit or method in action; the habitual doing of the same things in the same way; unvarying procedure or conduct. A restle ne and excitement of mind hostile to the spirit of routine . Buckle , Hist. Civilization, I. xiv. That beneficent harne of routine which enables silly men to live respectably and unhappy men to live calmly. George Eliot , Middle march, lxvi. II. a . Habitually practised or acting in the same way; following or consisting in an unvarying round: as, routine methods or duties; a IMG:content-2537.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] A , Routing-machine for general purposes. B , Stair-router, used in cutting the grooves in the strings of stairs for the reception of the ends of the steps and risers. C, Router-tools. a , table; b , pedestal; c, cutter, whose spindle is driven by the belts d , d ; e, main driving-pulley; f.f, swinging arms or frames by means of which the cutter can be moved to any place on the table; g , handle by which, fare operated by a workman who follows with the cutter a guiding former or pattern; g ' , handle sometimes used in manipulating the machine; 4, clamp which binds the work to the table; i , adjusting screw, for regulating depth of cut. method or manner. He deprecated routinism , automatism, mechanical pre script i on in medicine, and vindicated the value of living personal observation and opinion. Lancet, No. 3449, p. 703, routinist (rö-te'nist), n. [ The mere routinists and unthinking artisans in most callings dislike whatever shakes the dust out of their traditions. O. W. Holmes, Med. E ays, Pref. routisht (rou'tish), a . [ rout1 + -ish1.] Characterized by routing; clamorous; disorderly. The Common Hall. became a routish a embly of sorry citizens. Roger North , Examen, p. 93. ( Davies .) routle (rou'tl), v . t .; pret. and pp. routled , ppr. routling. [Var. of rootle , freq. of root2 , var. rout2 .] To rout out; disturb. Davies . [Prov. Eng.] A misdoubt me if there were a felly there as would ha' thought o' routling out yon wasps' nest. Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xxiii. routous (rou'tus), a. [ routously (rou'tus-li), adv. [