Webster's Dictionary 1913

5347

Rutty (2)

Rut″ty, a. Full of ruts; as, a rutty road.

5348

Rutty (3)

Rut″ty, a. [See Root.] Rooty. Spenser.

5349

Rutylene

Ru″ty‐lene (?), n.(Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.

5350

Ryal

Ry″al (? or?), a. Royal. Chaucer.

5351

Ryal (2)

Ry″al (?), n. See Rial, an old English coin.

5352

Ryder

Ry″der (?), n. 1. A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.2. [D. rijder, properly, a rider.] A gold coin of Zealand equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.

5353

Rye

Rye (?), n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. ὄρυζα rice...

5354

Rynd

Rynd (? or?), n. A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

5355

Ryot

Ry″ot (rī″ŏt), n. [Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil.The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fe...

5356

Rypophagous

Ry‐poph″a‐gous (rī̍‐pŏf″ȧ‐gŭs), a. [Gr. ρὕποσ filth + φαγει̑ν to eat.] (Zoöl.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth.

5357

Rys

Rys (rīs or rĭs), n. A branch. Chaucer.

5358

Rysh

Rysh (rĭsh), n. Rush, a plant. Chaucer.

5359

Rysimeter

Ry‐sim″e‐ter (?), n. See Rhysimeter.

5360

Ryth

Ryth (rĭth), n. [Cf. AS. rið brook.] A ford.

5361

Rytina

‖Ryt″i‐na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ρυτἵσ a wrinkle.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); — cal...