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Rouet vs Roust - What's the difference?

rouet | roust |

As nouns the difference between rouet and roust

is that rouet is a small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them while roust is a strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

As a verb roust is

to rout out of bed; to rouse.

rouet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
    • (Crabb)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    roust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to rout out of bed; to rouse
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
  • *:"Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
  • To harass, to treat in a rough way.
  • *1962 , , 00:28:45
  • *:My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted .
  • (slang) to arrest

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
    • (Jamieson)

    Synonyms

    * roost, rost

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