Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Rubican

Ru″bi‐can (?), a. Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; — said of horses. Smart.

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Rubicelle

Ru″bi‐celle (?), n. [Cf. F. rubacelle, rubicelle, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish.] (Min.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.

4998

Rubicon

Ru″bi‐con (?), n.(Anc. geog.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Cæsar.☞ By leading an army across this river, contrary to t...

4999

Rubicund

Ru″bi‐cund (?), a. [L. rubicundus, fr. rubere to be red, akin to ruber red. See Red.] Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. “His rubicund face.” Longfellow.

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Rubicundity

Ru′bi‐cun″di‐ty (?), n. [LL. rubicunditas.] The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.To parade your rubicundity and gray hairs. Walpole.

5001

Rubidic

Ru‐bid″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.

5002

Rubidine

Ru″bi‐dine (? or?), n.(Chem.) A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds o...

5003

Rubidium

Ru‐bid″i‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. rubidus red, fr. rubere to be red. So called from two dark red spectroscopic lines by means of which it was discovered in the lepidolite from Ro...

5004

Rubific

Ru‐bif″ic (?), a. [L. ruber red + facere to make.] Making red; as, rubific rays. Grew.

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Rubification

Ru′bi‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. rubification.] The act of making red. Howell.

5006

Rubiform

Ru″bi‐form (?), a. [L. ruber red + -form.] Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun. Sir I. newton.

5007

Rubify

Ru″bi‐fy (?), v. t. [Cf. F. rubéfier. See Rubific.] To redden. “Waters rubifying.” Chaucer.

5008

Rubiginose

{ Ru‐big″i‐nose′ (?), Ru‐big″i‐nous (?) }, a. [L. rubiginosus, fr. rubigo, robigo, rust: cf. F. rubigineux.] (Bot.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.

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Rubigo

‖Ru‐bi″go (?), n. [L. rubigo, robigo, rust of metals, rust, blight.] (bot.) same as Rust, n., 2.

5010

Rubin

Ru″bin (?), n. [Cf. LL. rubinus, It. rubino. See Ruby.] A ruby. Spenser.

5011

Rubious

Ru″bi‐ous (?), a. [L. rubeus, fr. rubere to be red. See Rouge.] Red; ruddy. Shak.

5012

Rubiretin

Ru′bi‐re″tin (?), n. [Rubian + Gr. � resin.] (Chem.) One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

5013

Ruble

Ru″ble (?), n. [Russ. ruble.] The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is wo...

5014

Rubric

Ru″bric (?), n. [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique (cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ru...

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Rubric (2)

Ru″bric, v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. Johnson.

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Rubric (3)

{ Ru″bric (?), Ru″bric‐al (?) }, a. 1. Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.What though my name stood rubric on the wallsOr plaistered posts, with claps, in capita...

5017

Rubricate

Ru″bri‐cate (?), a. [L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to color red. See Rubric, n.] Marked with red. Sp�lmman.

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Rubricate (2)

Ru″bri‐cate (?), v. t. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. Foxe.A system... according to which the tho...

5019

Rubrician

{ Ru‐bri″cian (?), Ru″bri‐cist (?) }, n. One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics.

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Rubricity

Ru‐bric″i‐ty (?), n. Redness.

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Rubstone

Rub″stone′ (?), n. A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.

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Rubus

‖Ru″bus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.