All 6 Uses of
rout
in
The War of the Worlds
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- But once in the stream he seemed to lose volition, to become a part of that dusty rout.†
Chpt 1.16
- Not only along the road through Barnet, but also through Edgware and Waltham Abbey, and along the roads eastward to Southend and Shoeburyness, and south of the Thames to Deal and Broadstairs, poured the same frantic rout.†
Chpt 1.17
- It was the beginning of the rout of civilisation, of the massacre of mankind.†
Chpt 1.17
- Here too the evidence of a hasty rout was abundant along the road.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- And I saw one, one day, out by Wandsworth, picking houses to pieces and routing among the wreckage.†
Chpt 2.7
- It was now dusk, and after I had routed out some biscuits and a cheese in the bar—there was a meat safe, but it contained nothing but maggots—I wandered on through the silent residential squares to Baker Street—Portman Square is the only one I can name—and so came out at last upon Regent's Park.†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Rout has other common meanings such as to make a groove, dig, search, or find. In classic literature, it can have varied meanings including reference to a disorderly group of people or a large party. The British may use the word to describe the noise cows make. The word form routings may refer to the routes taken to get somewhere.