Webster's Dictionary 1913

5104

Ruffler

Ruf″fler (?), n. 1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton.2. That which ruffles; spec...

5105

Rufigallic

Ru′fi‐gal″lic (?), a. [Rufiopin + gallic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is rela...

5106

Rufiopin

Ru′fi‐o″pin (?), n. [L. rufus reddish + opianic.] (Chem.) A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.

5107

Rufol

Ru″fol (?), n. [L. rufus reddish + -ol.] (Chem.) A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related ...

5108

Rufous

Ru″fous (?), a. [L. rufus.] Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.

5109

Ruft

Ruft (?), n.(Med.) Eructation; belching.

5110

Rufterhood

Ruf″ter‐hood (?), n. [Cf. Ruff a plaited collar.] (Falconry) A kind of hood for a hawk.

5111

Rug

Rug (?), n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See Rough, a.] 1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.They sp...

5112

Rug (2)

Rug, v. t. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. Sir W. Scott.

5113

Rug-gowned

Rug″–gowned (?), a. Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug. Beau. & Fl.

5114

Rug-headed

Rug″–head′ed (?), a. Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.Those rough rug-headed kerns. Shak.

5115

Ruga

‖Ru″ga (?), n.; pl.Rugæ (#). (Nat. Hist.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugæ of the stomach.

5116

Rugate

Ru″gate (?), a. [L. rugatus, p. p. of rugare to wrinkle, fr. ruga a wrinkle.] Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana.

5117

Rugged

Rug″ged (?), a. [See Rug, n.] 1. Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugge...

5118

Rugging

Rug″ging (?), n. A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.

5119

Ruggy

Rug″gy (?), a. Rugged; rough. “With ruggy, ashy hairs.” Chaucer.

5120

Rugin

Rug″in (?), n. A nappy cloth. Wiseman.

5121

Rugine

Ru″gine (?), n.(Surg.) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.

5122

Rugine (2)

Ru″gine, v. t. [F. ruginer to scrape.] To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale. Wiseman.

5123

Rugosa

‖Ru‐go″sa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Rugose.] (Paleon.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleo...

5124

Rugose

Ru‐gose″ (?), a. [L. rugosus, r. ruga a wrinkle.] Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves...

5125

Rugosity

Ru‐gos″i‐ty (?), n. [L. rugositas: cf. F. rugosité.] The quality or state of being rugose.

5126

Rugous

Ru″gous (?), a. [Cf. F. rugueux.] Wrinkled; rugose.

5127

Rugulose

Ru′gu‐lose″ (?), a. Somewhat rugose.

5128

Ruhmkorff's coil

Ruhm″korff's coil′ (?). [So called from its inventor, Ruhmkorff, a german physicist.] (Elec.) See Induction coil, under Induction.

5129

Ruin

Ru″in (?), n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.] 1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. “His ruin start...

5130

Ruin (2)

Ru″in, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ruined (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Ruining.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.] To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to peris...