or revel-rout, subs. phr. (old).—(1) A rough, noisy, and indecent gathering or carouse. REVEL-ROUT also = a company of SPREESTERS (q.v.).

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  1591.  SPENSER, Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale, i. 558. Then made they REVELL ROUTE and goodly glee.

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  1594.  R. GREENE, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, I. 175.

        Have a flurt and a crash,
Now play REVEL, DASH.

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  1610.  ROWLANDS, Martin Mark-all. They chose a notable swaggering rogue called Puffing Dicke to reuell ouer them, who plaid REVELL-ROUT with them indeede.

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  1613.  PURCHAS, Pilgrimage, 430. Laughing, singing, dauncing in honour of that God. After all this REUEL-ROUT, they demaund againe of the Demoniake, if the God be appeased.

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  1619.  FLETCHER, Monsieur Thomas, v. 8, p. 465.

          First Nun.  Oh, madam, there’s a strange thing like a gentlewoman,
Like Mistress Dorothy (I think the fiend,)
Crept into the nunnery we know not which way,
Plays REVEL-ROUT among us.

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  1620.  PERCY, Folio MSS., ‘Ffryar and Boye.’ ii.

                    We’ll break your spell,
Reply’d the revel-rout.

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  1652.  R. BROME, The Queenes Exchange, ii. 2.

          All 4.  Wilt thou forsake us Jeffrey? then who shall daunce
The hobby horse at our next REVEL ROUT?

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  1707.  WARD, Hudibras Redivivus, II. v. 16. Amongst the rest o’ th’ REVEL ROUT, Two crazy Watchmen crawl’d about.

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  1713.  ROWE, Jane Shore, i. 1.

        My brother, (rest and pardon to his soul,)
Is gone to his account; for this his minion,
The REVEL-ROUT is done.

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