Rout \Rout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Routed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Routing.]
   To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in
   disorder; to put to rout.
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         That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally
         routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   Syn: To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.
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	routing

    /row'ting/ Using a kind of rotating cutting tool called
   a router, pronounced /row't*/.  In the USA a router,
   pronounced /row't*/, is also a network device that performs
   "routing".  In the UK, the network device is pronounced
   /roo't*/ and what it does is spelled "routeing".

   (2002-07-31)