RUBRICATE
RU'BRICATE, verb transitive [Latin rubricatus.] To mark or distinguish with red.RU'BRICATE, adjective Marked with red.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RUBY
RU'BY, noun [Latin rubeo, to be red.]1. A precious stone; a mineral of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red; but it...
RUCK
RUCK, verb transitive [Latin rugo, to wrinkle, to fold; ruga, a fold.]1. To cower; to bend and set close. [Not in use.]2. To wrinkle; as, to ruck up cloth or a garment.[In this ...
RUCTATION
RUCTA'TION, noun [Latin ructo, to belch.] The act of belching wind from the stomach.
RUD
RUD, to make red, used by Spenser, is a different spelling of red. obsolete [See Ruddy.]RUD, noun [See Red and Ruddy.]1. Redness; blush; also, red ocher.2. The fish rudd.
RUDD
RUDD, noun [probably from red, ruddy.] A fish of the genus Cyprinus, with a deep body like the bream, but thicker, a prominent back, and small head. The back is of an olive colo...
RUDDER
RUD'DER, noun [See Row. The oar was the first rudder used by man, and is still the instrument of steering certain boats.]1. In navigation, the instrument by which a ship is stee...
RUDDINESS
RUD'DINESS, noun [from ruddy.] The state of being ruddy; redness, or rather a lively flesh color; that degree of redness which characterizes high health; applied chiefly to the ...
RUDDLE
RUD'DLE, nounThe name of a species of chalk or red earth, colored by iron.
RUDDLE-MAN
RUD'DLE-MAN, noun One who digs ruddle.
RUDDOC
RUD'DOC, nounA bird; otherwise called red-breast.
RUDDOCK
RUD'DOCK, noun [from red, ruddy, which see.] A bird, the red-breast.
RUDDY
RUD'DY, adjective1. Of a red color; of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health. Thus we say, reddy cheeks, ruddy lips, a reddy face or skin, a ruddy ...
RUDE
RUDE, adjective [Latin rudis. The sense is probably rough, broken, and this word may be allied to raw and crude.]1. rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as rude workmanship, ...
RUDELY
RU'DELY, adverb1. With roughness; as a mountain rudely formed.2. Violently; fiercely; tumultuously. The door was rudely assaulted.3. In a rude or uncivil manner; as, to be rudel...
RUDENESS
RU'DENESS, noun1. A rough broken state; unevenness; wildness; as the rudeness of a mountain, country or landscape.2. Coarseness of manners; incivility; rusticity; vulgarity.And ...
RUDENTURE
RU'DENTURE, noun [Latin rudens, a rope.]In architecture, the figure of a rope or staff, plain or carved, with which the flutings of columns are sometimes filled.
RUDERARY
RU'DERARY, adjective [Low Latin ruderarius; from the root of rudis, and indicating the primary sense of rude to be broken.] Belonging to rubbish. [Not used.]
RUDERATION
RUDERA'TION, noun [Latin ruderatio, from rudero, to pave with broken stones.]The act of paving with pebbles or little stones. [Not used.]
RUDESBY
RU'DESBY, noun An uncivil turbulent fellow. [Not in use.]
RUDIMENT
RU'DIMENT, noun [Latin rudimentum. If connected with erudio, it denotes what is taught. But the real origin is not obvious.]1. A first principle or element; that which is to be ...
RUDIMENTAL
RUDIMENT'AL, adjective Initial; pertaining to rudiments, or consisting in first principles; as rudimental essays.
RUE
RUE, verb transitive ru. [Latin rudo, to roar, to bray.]To lament; to regret; to grieve for; as, to rue the commission of a crime; to rue the day.Thy will chose freely what it n...
RUEFUL
RUEFUL, a ru'ful. [rue and full.]1. Woeful; mournful; sorrowful; to be lamented.Spur them to rueful work.2. Expressing sorrow.He sigh'd and cast a rueful eye.
RUEFULLY
RU'EFULLY, adverb Mournfully; sorrowfully.
RUEFULNESS
RU'EFULNESS, noun Sorrowfulness; mournfulness.
RUEING
RU'EING, noun Lamentation.