RUNNION
RUN'NION, noun A paltry scurvy wretch.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RUNT
RUNT, noun [See Runnet.]Any animal small below the natural or usual size of the species.Of tame pigeons, are croppers, carriers and runts.
RUPEE
RUPEE', nounA silver coin of the East Indies, of the value of 2 Samuel 4:1d. or 2 Sam 6d. sterling; about 52 or 56 cents.
RUPTION
RUP'TION, noun [Latin ruptio, rumpo, to break.] Breach; a break or bursting open.
RUPTURE
RUP'TURE, noun [Latin ruptus, rumpo, to break.]1. The act of breaking or bursting; the state of being broken or violently parted; as the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a ve...
RUPTURE-WORT
RUP'TURE-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Herniaria, and another of the genus Linum.
RUPTURED
RUP'TURED, participle passive Broken; burst.
RUPTURING
RUP'TURING, participle present tense Breaking; bursting.
RURAL
RU'RAL, adjective [Latin ruralis, from rus, the country.]Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; suiting the country, or resembling it; as rural scenes;...
RURALIST
RU'RALIST, noun One that leads a rural life.
RURALLY
RU'RALLY, adverb As in the country.
RURALNESS
RU'RALNESS, noun The quality of being rural.
RURICOLIST
RURIC'OLIST, noun [Latin ruricola; rus, the country, and colo, to inhabit.]An inhabitant of the country. [Not in use.]
RURIGENOUS
RURIG'ENOUS, adjective [Latin rus, the country, and gignor, to be born.]Born in the country. [Not in use.]
RUSE
RUSE, noun Artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [Not English.]
RUSH
RUSH, noun [Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, Deuteronomy 1:1 Numbers 21:14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages ...
RUSH-CANDLE
RUSH-CANDLE, noun A small blinking taper made by stripping a rush, except one small strip of the bark which holds the pith together, and dipping it in tallow.
RUSH-LIGHT
RUSH-LIGHT, noun1. The light of a rush-candle; a small feeble light.2. A rush-candle.RUSH'-LIKE, adjective Resembling a rush; weak.
RUSHED
RUSH'ED, adjective Abounding with rushes.
RUSHER
RUSH'ER, noun1. One who rushes forward.2. One who formerly strewed rushes on the floor at dances.
RUSHINESS
RUSH'INESS, noun [from rushy.] The state of abounding with rushes.
RUSHING
RUSH'ING, participle present tense Moving forward with impetuosity.RUSH'ING, noun A violent driving of any thing; rapid or tumultuous course. Isaiah 17:12.
RUSHY
RUSH'Y, adjective1. Abounding with rushes.2. Made of rushes.My rushy couch and fugal fare.
RUSK
RUSK, noun1. A kind of light cake.2. Hard bread for stores.
RUSMA
RUS'MA, noun A brown and light iron substance, with half as much quicklime steeped in water, of which the Turkish women make their psilothron to take off their hair.
RUSS
RUSS, adjective roos. Pertaining to the russ or Russians. [The native word is russ We have Russia from the south of Europe.]RUSS, noun roos. The language of the russ or Russians.
RUSSET
RUS'SET, adjective [Latin russus. See Red and Ruddy.]1. Of a reddish brown color; as a russet mantle.Our summer such a russet livery wears.2. Coarse; homespun; rustic.RUS'SET, n...