Webster's Dictionary 1913

4969

Rubato

‖Ru‐ba″to (?), a. Robbed; borrowed.‖Temple rubato. (Mus.) Borrowed time; — a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate tim...

4970

Rubbage

Rub″bage (?; 48), n. Rubbish.

4971

Rubber

Rub″ber (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file...

4972

Rubberize

Rub″ber‐ize (?), v. t. To coat or impregnate with rubber or a rubber solution or preparation, as silk.

4973

Rubbidge

Rub″bidge (?), n. Rubbish. Bp. Hall.

4974

Rubbing

Rub″bing, a. & n. from Rub, v.

4975

Rubbish

Rub″bish (?), n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, g...

4976

Rubbish (2)

Rub″bish (?), a. Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De Quincey.

4977

Rubble

Rub″ble (?), n. [From an assumed Old French dim. of robe See Rubbish.] 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between t...

4978

Rubblestone

Rub″ble‐stone′ (?), n. See Rubble, 1 and 2.

4979

Rubblework

Rub″ble‐work′ (?), n. Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

4980

Rubbly

Rub″bly (?), a. Relating to, or containing, rubble.

4981

Rubedinous

Ru‐bed″i‐nous (?), a. [L. rubedo redness, fr. rubere to be red.] Reddish. M. Stuart.

4982

Rubefacient

Ru′be‐fa″cient (?), a. [L. rubefaciens, p. pr. of rubefacere to make red; rubere to be red + facere to make.] Making red. — n.(Med.) An external application which produces redne...

4983

Rubefaction

Ru′be‐fac″tion (?), n. The act or process of making red.

4984

Rubelet

Ru″be‐let (rṳ″bē̍‐lĕt), n. A little ruby. Herrick.

4985

Rubella

‖Ru‐bel″la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. rubellus reddish.] (Med.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal s...

4986

Rubelle

Ru‐belle″ (?), n. [L. rubellus reddish.] A red color used in enameling. Weale.

4987

Rubellite

Ru″bel‐lite (?), n. [L. rubellus reddish, dim. of ruber red.] (Min.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.

4988

Rubeola

‖Ru‐be″o‐la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. ruber red.] (Med.) (a) the measles. (b) Rubella.

4989

Ruberythrinic

Ru′ber‐y‐thrin″ic (?), a. [L. ruber red + erythrin.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which a...

4990

Rubescence

Ru‐bes″cence (?), n. The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.

4991

Rubescent

Ru‐bes″cent (?), a. [L. rubescens, -entis, p. pr. of rubescere to grow red, v. incho from rubere to be red: cf. F. rubescent. See Ruby.] Growing or becoming red; tending to redn...

4992

Rubiaceous

Ru′bi‐a″ceous (?), a. [L. rubia madder, fr. rubeus red.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceæ) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and...

4993

Rubiacin

Ru″bi‐a‐cin (?), n. [L. rubia madder, fr. rubeus red.] (Chem) A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

4994

Rubian

Ru″bi‐an (?), n. [L. rubia madder, fr. rubeus red.] (Chem.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.

4995

Rubianic

Ru′bi‐an″ic (?), a.(Chem.) pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid.