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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.

  1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword.
  2. Dull; impaired by inaction or neglect of use. Shak.
  3. Surly; morose. Guardian.
  4. 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.]

  1. Mercy; pity; tenderness; sorrow for the misery of another. [Obs.] Fairfax.
  2. Misery; sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.

RUTH'E-NUS, n.

The specific name of a fish of the genus Accipenser, the sterlet. Encyc.

RUTH-FUL, a.

  1. Rueful; woful; sorrowful. [Obs.] Carew.
  2. Merciful. [Obs.]

RUTH-FUL-LY, adv.

  1. Wofully; sadly. [Obs.] Knolles.
  2. 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.

RU'TIL, or RU'TILE, n.

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.