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9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
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10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
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11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
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12. (Zoöl.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.
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13. (Zoöl.) Any cursorial bird.
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14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
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Runnet (?), n. See .
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Running (?), a. 1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse: (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse. Law.
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2. Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.
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3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
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4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation. “A running conquest.” Milton.
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What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature? Hare.
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5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
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6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
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Coloq. Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered. -- Coloq. Running board , a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. -- Coloq. Running bowsprit (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit. -- Coloq. Running days (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days. Simmonds. -- Coloq. Running fire , a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- Coloq. Running gear , the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework. -- Coloq. Running hand , a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand. -- Coloq. Running part (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part. -- Coloq. Running rigging (Naut.), that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; -- in distinction from standing rigging. -- Coloq. Running title (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.
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Running, n. The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
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2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
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3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
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Coloq. At long running , in the long run. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Running load. (Aëronautics) (a) The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. (b) Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.
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Runningly, adv. In a running manner.
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Runnion (?), n. See
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run-of-the-mill (?), a. Ordinary; common; unexceptional.
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Runology (?), n. [Rune + -logy.] The science of runes. -- Runologist (#), n.
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Runround (?), n. A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Runt (?), n. [Written also rant.] [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. , a.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
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2. (Zoöl.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
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3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
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Before I buy a bargain of such runts,
I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. Beau. & Fl.
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4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. Holland.
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Runty (?), a. Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
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Runway (?), n. 1. The channel of a stream.
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2. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
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Rupee (rụpē), n. [Hind. rūpiyah, fr. Skr. rūpya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
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☞ The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents.
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Rupellary (?), n. [From L. rupes a rock.] Rocky. [Obs.] “This rupellary nidary.” Evelyn.
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Rupert's drop (?). A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
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Rupia (?), n. [NL., fr. G. � filth, dirt.] (Med.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
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Rupial (?), a. Of or pertaining to rupia.
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Rupicola (?), n. [NL., fr. L. rupes, gen. rupis, a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
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☞ The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful color of their plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange.
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Rupicoline (?), a. (Zoöl.) Rock-inhabiting.
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Ruption (?), n. [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to break.] A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. “By ruption or apertion.” Wiseman.
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Ruptuary (?; 135), n. [Cf. Roturier.] One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [R.]
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The exclusion of the French ruptuaries (“roturiers,” for history must find a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility. Chenevix.
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Rupture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See , and cf. a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot.
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Hatch from the egg, that soon,
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton.
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2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
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He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett.
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3. (Med.) Hernia. See .
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4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See .
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Coloq. Modulus of rupture . (Engin.) See under .
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Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See .
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Rupture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruptured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rupturing.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
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2. To produce a hernia in.
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Rupture, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
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Ruptured (?; 135), a. (Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.
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Rupturewort (?; 135), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as . (b) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
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Rural (?), a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. space, .] 1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
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Here is a rural fellow; . . .
He brings you figs. Shak.
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2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
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Coloq. Rural dean . (Eccl.) See under . -- Coloq. Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
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Syn. -- Rustic. -- , . Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc.
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We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows. Thomson.
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Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply. Dryden.
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Rurales (rụrālēz), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
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Ruralism (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
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2. A rural idiom or expression.
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Ruralist, n. One who leads a rural life. Coventry.
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Rurality (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural.
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2. A rural place. “Leafy ruralities.” Carlyle.
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Ruralize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ruralizing (?).] To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
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Ruralize, v. i. To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
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Rurally, adv. In a rural manner; as in the country.
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Ruralness, n. The quality or state of being rural.
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Ruricolist (?), n. [L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the country + colere to inhabit.] An inhabitant of the country. [R.] Bailey.
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Ruridecanal (?), a. [L. rus, ruris the country + decanus the chief of ten. See .] Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect. [R.]
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Rurigenous (?), a. [L. rurigena; rus, ruris, the country + genere, gignere, to bring forth, pass., to be born.] Born in the country. [Obs.]
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Ruse (?), n. [F., fr. OF. reüser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See , and cf. .] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
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Coloq. Ruse de guerre (�) [F.], a stratagem of war.
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Rush (?), n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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☞ Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights.
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2. The merest trifle; a straw.
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John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. Arbuthnot.
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Coloq. Bog rush . See under . -- Coloq. Club rush , any rush of the genus Scirpus. -- Coloq. Flowering rush . See under . -- Coloq. Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots. -- Coloq. Rush broom , an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under . -- Coloq. Rush candle , See under . -- Coloq. Rush grass , any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. -- Coloq. Rush toad (Zoöl.), the natterjack. -- Coloq. Scouring rush . (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under -- Coloq. Spike rush , any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. -- Coloq. Sweet rush , a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schœnanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. -- Coloq. Wood rush , any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.
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Rush (rŭsh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rushed (rŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Rushing.] [OE. ruschen; cf. AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, MHG. rūschen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken, OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake, and E. rouse.] 1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
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Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. Shak.
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2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
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They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers. Sprat.
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Rush, v. t. 1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
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2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [College Cant, U.S.]
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Rush, n. 1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
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A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. Sir H. Wotton.
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2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. [Colloq.]
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3. A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.]
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4. (Football) (a) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. (b) The act of running with the ball.
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Coloq. Bunt rush (Football), a combined rush by main strength. -- Coloq. Rush line (Football), the line composed of rushers.
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Rush-bearing (?), n. A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.
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Rushbuckler (?), n. A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler. [Obs.]
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That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Rushed (?), a. Abounding or covered with rushes.
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Rusher (?), n. One who rushes. Whitlock.
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Rusher, n. One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Rushiness (?), n. [From .] The quality or state of abounding with rushes.
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Rushingly, adv. In a rushing manner.
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Rushlight (?), n. A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
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Rushlike (?), a. Resembling a rush; weak.
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Rushy (?), a. 1. Abounding with rushes.
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2. Made of rushes.
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My rushy couch and frugal fare. Goldsmith.
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Rusine (?), a. [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay rūsa deer.] (Zoöl.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.
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Coloq. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.
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Rusk (?), n. [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit, rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.] 1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
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2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores. Smart.
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3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
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Rusma (?), n. [Corrupt. from Turk. khyryzma a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. � an unguent; cf. F. rusma.] A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See .
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Russ (?), n. sing. & pl. 1. A Russian, or the Russians. [Rare, except in poetry.]
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2. The language of the Russians.
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Russ, a. Of or pertaining to the Russians.
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Russet (?), a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See , and cf. .] 1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
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The morn, in russet mantle clad. Shak.
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Our summer such a russet livery wears. Dryden.
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2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.
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Russet, n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
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2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
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3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.
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4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
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Russeting, n. See , n., 2 and 4.
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Russety (?), a. Of a russet color; russet.
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Russia (?), n. A country of Europe and Asia.
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Coloq. Russia iron , a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. -- Coloq. Russia leather , a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. -- Coloq. Russia matting , matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europæa).
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