rout out

Chisel or rout out the waste and when complete, fit the pieces together.

Now, father, we two will go across the Bay and rout out that old Troll.

And wherefore did ye not rout out that bull and return hither with his head, O useless ones?

Finally it occurred to him to rout out an old lieutenant of the 96th, named Livin, a poor devil with whom he often used to fence.

“And I know too much for them to let me go and bring a few of our lads to rout out their nest,” he said, half aloud.

And of course you can rout out evidence for anything under the sun from his dingy old folios.

A word, a wave of her whip sufficed for the dog to rout out the recalcitrant sheep and send him bleating to his fellows.

"But to get in one will have to rout out the keeper," I thought reluctantly, and hesitated.

What if Ascham should think the case urgent, rout out an alienist, and come back with him?

Stewards, chief officers, mates, men rush in all directions to rout out Tubbs.