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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Royne, n.p. 1153A stream; a run. [Obs.]
  2. Royne, v. t.p. 1153To bite; to gnaw. [Written also roin.] [Obs.] Spenser.
  3. Royn'ish, a.p. 1153Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. “The roynish clown.” [Written also roinish.] [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  4. Roys'ter-er, n.p. 1153The same as ROISTERER.
  5. Roys'ton Crowp. 1153A bird of the genus Corvus (C. cornix); the hooded crow.
  6. Roy'te-lĕt, n.p. 1153A little king. [Obs.] Heylin.
  7. Roy'tish, a.p. 1153Wild; irregular. [Obs.]
  8. Rŭb, v. t.p. 1153To move with pressure or friction; as, to rub the hand over the surface of a body; hence, to wipe; to clean; to scour. Look how she rubs her hands! Shak. 2. To spread a substance thinly over the…
  9. Rŭb, v. i.p. 1153To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gate-post. 2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. 3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub…
  10. Rŭb, n.p. 1153The act of rubbing; friction. 2. That which rubs, or tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; collision, hindrance; obstruction; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a…
  11. Rŭb'a-dŭb',, n.p. 1153The sound of the drum; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter. “The rub-a-dub of the abolition presses.” D. Webster.
  12. Rū-bā'to, a.p. 1153Robbed; borrowed. Tempo rubato (Mus.), borrowed time; — a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally…
  13. Rūb'baġe, n.p. 1153Rubbish. [Obs.] See RUBBISH.
  14. Rūb'ber, n.p. 1153One who, or that which, rubs; as, (a.) The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning. (b.) A coarse file, or the rough part of it. (c.) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d.) That which grates on the…
  15. Rūb'bidge, n.p. 1153Rubbage; rubbish. [Obs.]
  16. Rŭb'bish, n.p. 1153Waste or rejected matter; any thing worthless; a mass or heap of good-for-nothing things; valueless stuff, especially, fragments of fallen buildings; ruins; debris. What heaps of rubbish, and what…
  17. Rūb'bish-y, a.p. 1153Of, or pertaining to, rubbish; worthless. Carlyle. De Quincey.
  18. Rŭb'ble, n.p. 1153(Mining.) (a.) The upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone. (b.) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. [Prov.…
  19. Rŭb'ble-stōne, n.p. 1153(Mining.) Rubble. See RUBBLE. 2. Small stones used for coarse masonry; rubble. 3. (Geol.) A kind of conglomerate rock composed of fragments of different kinds of rock cemented together by some…
  20. Rŭb'ble-wall or Rŭb'ble-work, n.p. 1153(Masonry.) Coarse walling constructed of rough stones, not large, but irregular in size and shape.
  21. Rŭb'bly, a.p. 1153Pertaining to, or containing, rubble.
  22. Ru-bĕd'i-noŭs, a.p. 1153Reddish. [Rare.] M. Stuart.
  23. Ru'be-fā'cient, a.p. 1153Making red.
  24. Ru'be-fā'cient, n.p. 1153(Med.) A substance or external application which produces redness of the skin.
  25. Ru'bel-lite, n.p. 1153(Min.) A red variety of tourmaline, varying in color from a pale rose-red to a deep ruby. Dana.
  26. Ru-bē'o-lȧ, n.p. 1153(Med.) The measles.
  27. Ru-bĕs'çençe, n.p. 1153A reddening; a flush.
  28. Ru-bĕs'çent, a.p. 1153Growing or becoming red; tending to a red color.
  29. Ru'bi-can, a.p. 1153Red predominating over gray in the color of a horse; or bay, sorrel, or black, with a light gray or white upon the flanks, but the gray or white not predominant there. Smart.
  30. Ru'bi-cēlle, n.p. 1153(Min.) A variety of ruby of a reddish color, from Brazil. Brande.
  31. Ru'bi-con, n.p. 1153(Anc. Geog.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province allotted to Julius Cæsar. ☞ When Cæsar undertook the conquest of Italy, the act of crossing this river was the first…
  32. Ru'bi-cund, a.p. 1153Inclining to redness.
  33. Ru'bi-cŭn'di-ty, n.p. 1153The state of being rubicund; inclination to redness; ruddiness. “I do not wish you to parade your rubicundity and gray hairs.” H. Walpole.
  34. Ru-bīd'ĭ-ŭm, n.p. 1153(Min.) An alkaline metal first found in mineral waters;—so called from exhibiting dark red lines in the spectrum analysis, by means of which it was discovered.
  35. Ru-bif'ic, a.p. 1153Making red; as, rubific rays. Grew.
  36. Ru'bi-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 1153The act of making red. Howell. 2. That which serves to make red. Holland.
  37. Ru'bi-fōrm, a.p. 1153Having the form or nature of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun are least refrangible. Newton.
  38. Ru'bi-fy, v. t.p. 1153To make red; to redden. [Rare.] Browne.
  39. Ru-bĭg’ĭ-nous, a.p. 1154Exhibiting, or affected by, rubigo; rusty.
  40. Ru-bi'go, n.p. 1154(Bot.) A kind of rust on plants, consisting of a parasitic fungus or mushroom; mildew.
  41. Ru′bīne, n.p. 1154The same as RUBY.
  42. Rū'bi-ous, a.p. 1154Red; ruddy. [Obs.] Diana’s lip Is not more smooth and rubious. Shak.
  43. Ru'ble, n.p. 1154A silver coin of Russia, equal in value to 100 copper copecks, and worth from about $0.75 to about $0.86, according to the coinage. It is the legal standard of silver currency, by which accounts are…
  44. Ru'bric, n.p. 1154That part of any work which in the early manuscripts and typography was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions; hence, specifically, (a.) (General Lit.) The title-page, or parts of it…
  45. Ru'bric, v. t.p. 1154To adorn with red; to redden; to rubricate. [Rare.] Johnson.
  46. Ru'bric or Ru'bric-al, a.p. 1154Colored in red; placed in rubrics. What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plastered posts? Pope. 2. Pertaining to the rubric. “Rubrical eccentricities.” C. Kingsley.
  47. Ru'bric-āte, v. t.p. 1154To mark or distinguish with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. “A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be . . . rubricated forever…
  48. Ru'bric-ate, a.p. 1154Marked with red. Spelman.
  49. Ru-brĭ'cian or Ru'bri-çist, n.p. 1154One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric.
  50. Ru-briç'i-ty, n.p. 1154Redness. [Rare.]
  51. Rŭb’-stōne, n.p. 1154A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub. See RUB, n., 7.
  52. Ru'bus, n.p. 1154(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the raspberry, blackberry, and the like.
  53. Ru'by, n.p. 1154(Min.) A precious stone or mineral, of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. The common ruby is a red variety of the spinel. The Oriental…
  54. Ru'by, v. t.p. 1154To make red; to redden. [Rare.] Pope.
  55. Ru'by, a.p. 1154Having the color of the ruby; red; as, ruby lips.
  56. Ru'by-tāil, a.p. 1154Having the tail or lower part of the body of a ruby color. Ruby-tail fly (Entom.), one of a family of hymenopterous insects, having a cylindrical body, and the under side of the abdomen of a fiery…
  57. Ru'by-wood, n.p. 1154Red sanders, or sandal wood.
  58. Ruche, n.p. 1154A kind of plated or goffered quilling, chiefly used for trimming the inside of bonnets, and made of blonde, net, ribbon, or other material. [Written also rouche.]
  59. Rŭck, v. t.p. 1154To draw into wrinkles or folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.
  60. Rŭck, v. i.p. 1154To bend and sit close; to huddle together; to rook; to squat. [Obs.] Gover. 2. To squat or sit, as a hen on eggs; as, a rucking hen. [Prov. Eng.] Smart. 3. To have a folded or ridgy surface, as the…