RUELLE
RUELLE, noun ruel'.A circle; a private circle or assembly at a private house. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RUFESCENT
RUFES'CENT, adjective [Latin rufesco, to grow red.] Reddish; tinged with red.
RUFF
RUFF, noun1. A piece of plaited linen worn by females around the neck.2. Something puckered or plaited.3. A small fish, a species of Perca.4. A bird of the genus Tringa, with a ...
RUFFIAN
RUF'FIAN, nounA boisterous, brutal fellow; a fellow ready for any desperate crime; a robber; a cut-throat; a murderer.RUF'FIAN, adjective Brutal; savagely boisterous; as ruffian...
RUFFIAN-LIKE
RUF'FIAN-LIKE, adjective Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent; licentious.
RUFFING
RUF'FING, participle present tense Beating a roll of the drum.RUF'FLING,RUF'FING, noun A particular beat or roll of the drum, used on certain occasions as a mark of respect.
RUFFLE
RUF'FLE, verb transitive1. Properly, to wrinkle; to draw or contract into wrinkles, open plaits or folds.2. To disorder by disturbing a smooth surface; to make uneven by agitati...
RUFFLED
RUF'FLED, participle passive Disturbed; agitated; furnished with ruffles.
RUFFLER
RUF'FLER, noun A bully; a swaggerer. [Not in use.]
RUFFLING
RUF'FLING, participle present tense Disturbing; agitating; furnishing with ruffles.RUF'FLING, noun Commotion; disturbance; agitation.
RUFOUS
RU'FOUS, adjective [Latin rufus, rubeo.]Reddish; of a reddish color, or rather of a yellowish red.
RUFTER-HOOD
RUF'TER-HOOD, noun In falconry, a hood to be worn by a hawk when she is first drawn.
RUG
RUG, noun [This belongs to the great family of rough, Latin ruga, raucus.]1. A coarse nappy woolen cloth used for a bed cover, and in modern times particularly, for covering the...
RUGGED
RUG'GED, adjective [from the root of rug, rough, which see.]1. Rough; full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points or crags, or otherwise uneven; as ...
RUGGEDLY
RUG'GEDLY, adverb In a rough or rugged manner.
RUGGEDNESS
RUG'GEDNESS, noun1. The quality or state of being rugged; roughness; asperity of surface; as the ruggedness of land or of roads.2. Roughness of temper; harshness; surliness.3. C...
RUGGOWNED
RUG'GOWNED, adjective Wearing a coarse gown or rug.
RUGIN
RUG'IN, noun A nappy cloth. [Not used.]
RUGINE
RU'GINE, noun A surgeon's rasp.
RUGOSE
RU'GOSE,RUGOS'ITY, noun A state of being wrinkled. [Little used.]
RUGOSITY
RUGOS'ITY, n. A state of being wrinkled. [Little used.]
RUGOUS
RU'GOUS, adjective [Latin rugosus, from ruga, a wrinkle.]1. Wrinkled; full of wrinkles.2. In botany rugose leaf is when the veins are more contracted than the disk, so that the ...
RUIN
RU'IN, noun [Latin ruo, to fall, to rush down.]1. Destruction; fall; overthrow; defeat; that change of any thing which destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it ...
RUINATE
RU'INATE, verb transitive To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty. [This word is ill formed and happily is become obsolete.]
RUINATION
RUINA'TION, noun Subversion; overthrow; demolition. [Inelegant and obsolete.]
RUINED
RU'INED, participle passive Demolished; destroyed; subverted; reduced to poverty; undone.
RUINER
RU'INER, noun One that ruins or destroys.