Rusticated Rus"ti·ca`ted adjective (Architecture) Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a) , under Rustic .
Rustication Rus`ti·ca"tion noun [ Latin
rusticatio .]
1. The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time. 2. (Architecture) Rustic work.
Rusticity Rus·tic"ity noun [ Latin
rusticitas : confer French
rusticité .]
The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness. The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric dialect.
Addison. The Saxons were refined from their rusticity .
Sir W. Scott.
Rusticly Rus"tic·ly adverb In a rustic manner; rustically. Chapman.
Rustily Rust"i·ly adverb In a rusty state.
Rustiness Rust"i·ness noun The quality or state of being rusty.
Rustle Rus"tle intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rustled ;
present participle & verbal noun Rustling .] [ Anglo-Saxon
hristlan to rustle; or confer Swedish
rusta to stir, make a riot, or English
rush , v.]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle .
Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
Shak. 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [ Slang, Western U.S.]
Rustle Rus"tle transitive verb To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
Rustle Rus"tle noun A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling. When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time.
Idler.
Rustler Rus"tler noun 1. One who, or that which, rustles. 2. A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person. [ Slang, Western U.S.]
Rustless Rust"less adjective Free from rust.
Rusty Rust"y adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
rustig .] [
Compar. Rustier ;
superl. Rustiest. ]
1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat. 2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [ Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce,
Is rusty grown.
Shak. 3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon. 4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] "
Rusty words."
Piers Plowman. 5. Rust-colored; dark. "
Rusty blood."
Spenser. 6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces.
Hawthorne. 7. (Botany) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Rut Rut noun [ French
rut , Old French
ruit , Latin
rugitus a roaring, from
rugire to roar; - - so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists. 2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote .
Rut Rut intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rutted ;
present participle & verbal noun Rutting .]
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut Rut transitive verb To cover in copulation. Dryden.
Rut Rut noun [ variant of
route .]
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Rut Rut transitive verb To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Ruta-baga Ru`ta-ba"ga noun (Botany) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip .
Rutaceous Ru·ta"ceous adjective [ Latin
rutaceous , from
ruta rue. See
Rue the plant.]
(Botany) Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order ( Rutaceæ ) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
Rutate Ru"tate (ru"tat)
noun (Chemistry) A salt of rutic acid.
Ruth Ruth (ruth)
noun [ From
Rue ,
v. : confer Icelandic
hryggð ,
hrygð .]
1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [ Poetic] "They weep for
ruth ."
Chaucer. "Have
ruth of the poor."
Piers Plowman. To stir up gentle ruth ,
Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
Spenser. 2. That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. [ Obsolete]
It had been hard this ruth for to see.
Chaucer. With wretched miseries and woeful ruth .
Spenser.
Ruthenic Ru·then"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.
Ruthenious Ru·the"ni·ous adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.
Ruthenium Ru·the"ni·um noun [ New Latin So named from the
Ruthenians , a Little Russian people, as coming from Russia, the metal having been found in the Ural mountains.]
(Chemistry) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals , under Platinum .
Ruthful Ruth"ful adjective Full of ruth ; as:
(a) Pitiful; tender. (b) Full of sorrow; woeful. (c) Causing sorrow. Shak. --
Ruth"ful*ly ,
adverb
Ruthless Ruth"less adjective Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless. Their rage the hostile bands restrain,
All but the ruthless monarch of the main.
Pope. --
Ruth"less*ly ,
adverb --
Ruth"less*ness ,
noun
Rutic Ru"tic (ru"tĭk)
adjective [ Confer
Rutaceous .]
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue ( Ruta ); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid .
Rutilant Ru"ti·lant adjective [ Latin
rutilans , present participle of
rutilare to have a reddish glow, from
rutilus red: confer French
rutilant .]
Having a reddish glow; shining. Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture.
Evelyn.
Rutilate Ru"ti·late intransitive verb [ Latin
rutilare ,
rutilatum .]
To shine; to emit rays of light. [ Obsolete]
Ure.
Rutile Ru"tile (ru"tĭl)
noun [ Latin
rutilus red, inclining to golden yellow.]
(Min.) A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.
Rutilian Ru·til"i·an (ru*tĭl"ĭ*
a n)
noun (Zoology) Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle ( Pelidnota punctata ).
Rutin Ru"tin (ru"tĭn)
noun (Chemistry) A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue ( Ruta graveolens ) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.
Rutter Rut"ter (rŭt"tẽr)
noun [ Dutch
ruiter a rider. Confer
Ruttier .]
A horseman or trooper. [ Obsolete]
Such a regiment of rutters
Never defied men braver.
Beau. & Fl.
Rutter Rut"ter noun [ From
Rut .]
That which ruts.
Rutterkin Rut"ter·kin noun An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt. [ Obsolete]
Cotgrave.
Ruttier Rut"ti·er noun [ French
routier , from
route a road. See
Route .]
A chart of a course, esp. at sea. [ Obsolete]
Ruttish Rut"tish adjective Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious. Shak. --
Rut"tish*ness ,
noun
Ruttle Rut"tle noun A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. [ Obsolete]
Rutty Rut"ty adjective Ruttish; lustful.
Rutty Rut"ty adjective Full of ruts; as, a rutty road.
Rutty Rut"ty adjective [ See
Root .]
Rooty. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Rutylene Ru"ty·lene noun (Chemistry) A liquid hydrocarbon, C 10 H 18 , of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.
Ryal Ry"al adjective Royal. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Ryal Ry"al noun See Rial , an old English coin.
Ryder Ry"der noun 1. A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider . [ Obsolete]
2. [ Dutch
rijder , properly, a rider.]
A gold coin of Zealand [ Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.
Rüdesheimer Rü"des·heim`er noun A German wine made near Rüdesheim , on the Rhine.
Rye Rye noun [ Middle English
rie ,
reie , Anglo-Saxon
ryge ; akin to Icelandic
rugr , Swedish
råg , Danish
rug , Dutch
rogge , Old High German
rocco ,
roggo , German
rocken ,
roggen , Lithuanian
rugei , Russian
roje , and perhaps to Greek
'o`ryza rice. Confer
Rice .]
1. (Botany) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ( Secale cereale ), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. 2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth. Rye grass ,
Italian rye grass ,
(Botany) See under Grass . See also Ray grass , and Darnel . --
Wild rye (Botany) ,
any plant of the genus Elymus , tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.
Rynd Rynd noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
Ryot Ry"ot (rī"ŏt)
noun [ Arabic & Hind.
ra'iyat , the same word as
ra'iyah , a subject, tenant, peasant. See
Rayah .]
A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [ India]
The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world.
The Nation.
Rypophagous Ry·poph"a·gous (ri*pŏf"ȧ*gŭs)
adjective [ Greek
"ry`pos filth +
fagei^n to eat.]
(Zoology) Eating, or subsisting on, filth.
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