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Run

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

Run-around

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

Runagate

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

Runaround

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

Runaway

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

Runcinate

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

Rundle

A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.

Rundlet

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

Rune

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.

Runer

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

Rung

A floor timber in a ship.

Runghead

The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Runic

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

Runnel

A rivulet or small brook.

Runner

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

Running

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

Runt

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

Runty

Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

Runway

The channel of a stream.

Rupee

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

Rupert'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 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.

Rupia

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.

Rupial

Of or pertaining to rupia.

Rupicola

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

Ruption

A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

Ruptuary

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

Rupture

To suffer a breach or disruption.

Rupturewort

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

Rural

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.

Rurales

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

Ruralism

The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

Rurality

The quality or state of being rural.

Ruralize

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

Rurally

In a rural manner; as in the country.

Ruralness

The quality or state of being rural.

Ruridecanal

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

Ruse

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

Rush

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.

Rush-bearing

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

Rushbuckler

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

Rushed

Abounding or covered with rushes.

Rusher

One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

Rushiness

The quality or state of abounding with rushes.

Rushlight

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

Rushy

Abounding with rushes.

Rusine

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

Rusk

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

Rusma

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

Russ

Of or pertaining to the Russians.

Russet

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

Russia

A country of Europe and Asia.

Russian

Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.

Russianize

To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.

Russification

The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.

Russify

To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.

Russophobia

Morbid dread of Russia or of Russian influence.

Rust

To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.

Rustful

Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.

Rustic

An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

Rusticate

To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

Rusticated

Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.

Rustication

The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.

Rusticity

The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.

Rustiness

The quality or state of being rusty.

Rustle

A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

Rustler

One who, or that which, rustles.

Rusty

Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

Rut

To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

Ruta-baga

A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.

Rutaceous

Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.

Ruth

Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.

Ruthenic

Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.

Ruthenious

Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.

Ruthenium

A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.

Ruthful

Full of ruth Pitiful; tender. Full of sorrow; woeful. Causing sorrow.

Ruthless

Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

Rutic

Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.

Rutilate

To shine; to emit rays of light.

Rutile

A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.

Rutilian

Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).

Rutin

A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.

Rutterkin

An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.

Ruttier

A chart of a course, esp. at sea.

Ruttish

Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.

Ruttle

A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.

Rutylene

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.

Ryal

See Rial, an old English coin.

Ryder

A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.

Rye

A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.

Rynd

A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Ryot

A peasant or cultivator of the soil.

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