Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RUST'LE – RUT'TLE
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RUST'LE, v.i. [rus'l; Sax. hristlan; G. rasseln; Sw. rossla, to rattle.]
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing of silk cloth or dry leaves; as, a rustling silk; rustling leaves or trees; rustling wings. Milton. He is coming, I hear the straw rustle. Shak.
RUST'LER, n.
One who rustles.
RUST'LING, n.
A quick succession of small sounds, as a brushing among dry leaves or straw.
RUST'LING, ppr.
Making the sound of silk cloth when rubbed.
RUST'Y, a.
- Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword.
- Dull; impaired by inaction or neglect of use. Shak.
- Surly; morose. Guardian.
- Covered with foul or extraneous matter.
RUT, n.1 [Fr. rut; Arm. rut, the verb, rudal, rutein; probably allied to G. retzen, to excite, or Sw. ryta, to bellow.]
The copulation of deer.
RUT, n.2 [It. rotaia, from L. rota, a wheel.]
The track of a wheel.
RUT, v.i.
To lust, as deer.
RU'TA-BA-GA, n.
The Swedish turnep, or Brassica campestris.
RUTH, n. [from rue.]
- Mercy; pity; tenderness; sorrow for the misery of another. [Obs.] Fairfax.
- Misery; sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.
RUTH'E-NUS, n.
The specific name of a fish of the genus Accipenser, the sterlet. Encyc.
RUTH-FUL, a.
- Rueful; woful; sorrowful. [Obs.] Carew.
- Merciful. [Obs.]
RUTH-FUL-LY, adv.
- Wofully; sadly. [Obs.] Knolles.
- Sorrowfully; mournfully. [Obs.] Spenser.
RUTH-LESS, a.
Cruel; pitiless; barbarous; insensible to the miseries of others. Their rage the hostile bands restrain, / All but the ruthless monarch of the main. Pope.
RUTH-LESS-LY, adv.
Without pity; cruelly; barbarously.
RUTH-LESS-NESS, n.
Want of compassion; insensibility to the distresses of others.
Titanic acid, of a dark red color, or of a light or brownish red. It occurs massive, disseminate, membranous, and in crystals. Cyc.
RU'TIL-ANT, a. [L. rutilans, rutilo, to shine; perhaps from the root of red, ruddy.]
Shining. Evelyn.
RU'TIL-ATE, v.i. [L. rutilo.]
To shine; to emit rays of light. [Not used.] Ure.
RU'TIL-ITE, n. [L. rutilus, red.]
Native oxyd of titanium.
RUT'TER, n. [G. reiter, D. ruiter, a rider. See Ride.]
A horseman or trooper. [Not in use.]
RUT'TER-KIN, n.
A word of contempt; an old crafty fox or beguiler. [Not in use.]
RUT'TIER, n. [Fr. routier, from route.]
Direction of the road or course at sea; an old traveler acquainted with roads; an old soldier. [Not in use.] Cotgrave.
RUT'TISH, a. [from rut.]
Lustful; libidinous. Shak.
RUT'TLE, n.
for Rattle, nor much used. Burnet.