One who, or that which, ruins.

Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.

Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.

The roc.

That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.

To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.

A stickler for rules; a slave of rules

Destitute of rule; lawless.

One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

The act of one who rules; ruled lines.

In a ruling manner; so as to rule.

Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.

Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.

A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.

One who, or that which, rumbles.

a. n. from Rumble, v. i.

In a rumbling manner.

Grog.

Same as Rombowline.

The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below. -- ! PCP -->

A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

Ruminant; ruminating.

A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

To chew over again.

Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

One who ruminates or muses; a meditator.

A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel.

To search a place narrowly.

One who rummages.

A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.

Strange; odd.

A sort of Spanish wine.

To report by rumor; to tell.

A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.

Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps /fattened in the rump, pampered./

A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament.

A fold or plait; a wrinkle.

Wrinkled; crumpled.

Destitute of a rump.

Rumpled.

A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.

Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.

An argument or quarrel.

Ordinary; common; unexceptional.

A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade.

a delaying or evasive, and sometimes deceptive, answer to an inquiry or request.

Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

A weeding.

The wild radish.

Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

A circle.

A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.

A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.

A floor timber in a ship.

The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.

Same as Rundlet.

A rivulet or small brook.

One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

See Rennet.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

In a running manner.

See Ronion.

The science of runes.

A felon or whitlow.

Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.

Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

The channel of a stream.

A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.

Rocky.

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 or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.

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 crust.

Of or pertaining to rupia.

A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.

Rock-inhabiting.

A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.

To suffer a breach or disruption.

Having a rupture, or hernia.

Same as Burstwort. A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.

The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.

The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

One who leads a rural life.

The quality or state of being rural.

To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.

In a rural manner; as in the country.

The quality or state of being rural.

An inhabitant of the country.

Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.

Born in the country.

An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.

A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.

A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.

Abounding or covered with rushes.

One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

The quality or state of abounding with rushes.

In a rushing manner.

A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.

Resembling a rush; weak.

Abounding with rushes.

Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.

A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.

A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.

Of or pertaining to the Russians.

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

See Russet, n., 2 and 4.

Of a russet color; russet.

A country of Europe and Asia.