Webster's Dictionary 1913

5239

Runway

Run″way′ (?), n. 1. The channel of a stream.2. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

5240

Rupee

Ru‐pee″ (rụ‐pē″), n. [Hind. rūpiyah, fr. Skr. rūpya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.☞ The valuation of the rupe...

5241

Rupellary

Ru″pel‐la‐ry (?), n. [From L. rupes a rock.] Rocky. “This rupellary nidary.” Evelyn.

5242

Rupert's drop

Ru″pert's drop′ (?). A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched ...

5243

Rupia

‖Ru″pi‐a (?), n.(Med.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish...

5244

Rupial

Ru″pi‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to rupia.

5245

Rupicola

‖Ru‐pic″o‐la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. rupes, gen. rupis, a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.☞ T...

5246

Rupicoline

Ru‐pic″o‐line (?), a.(Zoöl.) Rock-inhabiting.

5247

Ruption

Rup″tion (?), n. [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to break.] A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. “By ruption or apertion.” Wiseman.

5248

Ruptuary

Rup″tu‐a‐ry (?; 135), n. [Cf. Roturier.] One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.The exclusion of the French ruptuaries (“roturiers,” for history must find a word for thi...

5249

Rupture

Rup″ture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See Reave, and cf. Rout a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of bei...

5250

Rupture (2)

Rup″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ruptured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rupturing.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.2. To produce a hernia in.

5251

Rupture (3)

Rup″ture, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.

5252

Ruptured

Rup″tured (?; 135), a.(Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.

5253

Rupturewort

Rup″ture‐wort″ (?; 135), n.(Bot.) (a) Same as Burstwort. (b) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

5254

Rural

Ru″ral (?), a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.] 1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the...

5255

Rurales

‖Ru‐ra″les (rụ‐rā″lēz), n. pl.(Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.

5256

Ruralism

Ru″ral‐ism (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.2. A rural idiom or expression.

5257

Ruralist

Ru″ral‐ist, n. One who leads a rural life. Coventry.

5258

Rurality

Ru‐ral″i‐ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural.2. A rural place. “Leafy ruralities.” Carlyle.

5259

Ruralize

Ru″ral‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ruralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ruralizing (?).] To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.

5260

Ruralize (2)

Ru″ral‐ize, v. i. To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.

5261

Rurally

Ru″ral‐ly, adv. In a rural manner; as in the country.

5262

Ruralness

Ru″ral‐ness, n. The quality or state of being rural.

5263

Ruricolist

Ru‐ric″o‐list (?), n. [L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the country + colere to inhabit.] An inhabitant of the country. Bailey.

5264

Ruridecanal

Ru′ri‐dec″a‐nal (?), a. [L. rus, ruris the country + decanus the chief of ten. See Dean.] Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.

5265

Rurigenous

Ru‐rig″e‐nous (?), a. [L. rurigena; rus, ruris, the country + genere, gignere, to bring forth, pass., to be born.] Born in the country.