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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Rū'mi-nal, a. p. 1156Ruminant. [Rare.]Rŭ'mi-nant, a. p. 1156Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; as, ruminant animals.Rū'mi-nant, n. p. 1156An animal that chews the cud, as the camel, deer, goat, and bovine kind.Rŭ'mi-năn’ti-ă, n. pl. p. 1156(Nat. Hist.) A division of mammals having four stomachs, the first so situated as to receive a large quantity of vegetable matter coarsely bruised by a first mastication, which passes into the…Rū'mi-nant-ly, adv. p. 1156In a ruminant manner; by chewing.Rū'mi-nāte, v. i. p. 1156To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. Herds of cattle free To ruminate. Wordsworth. 2. To muse; to meditate; to think again and again; to ponder. Apart from the…Ru'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 1156To chew over again. 2. To muse on; to meditate over and over again. Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. Dryden.Ru'mi-nate or Ru'mi-nā'ted, a. p. 1156(Bot.) Having a hard albumen, as the nutmeg and some other seeds, penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter. Lindley.Rū/mi-nā'tion, n. p. 1156The act of ruminating, or chewing the cud. 2. The characteristic of chewing the cud. Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it.…Ru'mi-nā'tor, n. p. 1156One who ruminates or muses.Ru-mîn'sch', n. p. 1156The same as ROMANSCH, q. v.Rūm’kin, n. p. 1156A kind of drinking vessel. [Obs.] Gayton.Rūm'mage, n. p. 1156A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. “Has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony.” H. Walpole. Rummage sale, a clearance sale of…Rŭm'mage, v. t. p. 1156To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things. He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets…Rūm'mage, v. i. p. 1156To search a place narrowly. I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain and Duck Lane. Swift. His house was haunted by a jolly ghost, That rummaged like a rat. Tennyson.Rūm'ma-ger, n. p. 1156One who rummages.Rūm'mer, n. p. 1156A glass, or drinking cup. [Obs.] Philips. Then fill me a pottle of sack in a rummer. Crompton.Rūm'my, a. p. 1156Of, or pertaining to, rum; as, a rummy flavor.Rūm'my, n. p. 1156One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. [Colloq.]Rūm'ney, n. p. 1156A sort of Spanish wine. [Obs.]Rŭ'mor, n. p. 1156Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for the truth of it. Rumor next, and chance, And tumult, and confusion, all embroiled.…Ru'mor, v. t. p. 1156To report by rumor; to tell. 'Twas rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden.Rŭ'mor-er, n. p. 1156A reporter; a teller of news. Shak.Rū'mor-oŭs, a. p. 1156Famous; notorious. [Obs.] Bale. 2. Murmuring. [Obs.] The rumorous sound Of the stern billows. Drayton.Rūmp, n. p. 1156The end of the back-bone of an animal, with the parts adjacent. 2. The buttocks.Rump Parliament or The Rump p. 1157the remnant of the Long Parliament, which was assembled by a council of officers on the 6th of May, 1659, and to which Richard Cromwell resigned his power on the 25th of the same month.Rŭmp'er, n. p. 1157One who had been a member of the Rump Parliament.Rŭmp'-fĕd, a. p. 1157Fed or fattened in the rump; fat-bottomed. “The rump-fed ronyon.” Shak.Rŭm'ple, v. i. p. 1157To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your…Rŭm'ple, n. p. 1157A fold or plait. Dryden.Rūmp'less, a. p. 1157Destitute of a rump or tail; as, a rumpless fowl.Rŭmp'-steāk, n. p. 1157A choice quality of beef-steak, cut from the thigh near the rump. After dinner he observed that the steak was tough, and “Yet, sir,” returns he, “bad as it was, it seemed a rump-steak to me.”…Rŭm'pus, n. p. 1157A disturbance; noise and confusion. [Colloq. Eng. & U. S.]Rŭm'-swĭz'le, n. p. 1157A kind of fabric made in Dublin from undyed foreign wool, which possesses the property of resisting wet, while having the qualities of common cloth. Simmonds.Rŭn, v. i. p. 1157To go with a lighter or more rapid gait than by walking; to step quickly or spryly; to go in a quick, hurried manner; hence, — said of inanimate things, — to move with an easy or rapid movement; to…Rûn, v. t. p. 1157To cause to run, in the various senses of the word; as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a factory or a machine; to run a candidate; to run a race; to run a rope through a block. 2. To pursue…Rŭn, n. p. 1157The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run. 2. That which runs; also, a method or rate of running; mode of conduct or procedure; current; course; as, a run of verses. They who made…Rŭn'a-gāte, n. p. 1157A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See RENEGADE. “Wretched runagates from the jail.” De Quincey.Rūn'a-wāy, n. p. 1157One who flees from danger or restraint; a fugitive. Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled? Shak.Rūn'a-wāy, a. p. 1157Acting the part of a runaway; fleeing from danger or restraint; as, a runaway horse. 2. Accomplished by or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.Run-cā'tion, n. p. 1157A weeding. [Obs.] Evelyn.Rūn'ci-nate, a. p. 1157(Bot.) Having the lobes convex before, and pointing toward the base, as in the dandelion; saw-shaped.Rūn'del, n. p. 1157A circle. 2. A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. Halliwell.Rŭn'dle, n. p. 1157A round; a step of a ladder. Duppa. 2. A ball. [Obs.] Holland. 3. Something put round an axis; the wheel of an axis in peritrochio. “An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it.” Wilkins.Rŭnd'let, n. p. 1157A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but usually holds about 14½ gallons. [Written also runlet.]Rūne, n. p. 1157The Runic letter or character. The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters or characters, called Runes, the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The…Run'er, n. p. 1157A bard, or learned man among the ancient Goths. Temple.Rūng, imp. & p. p. p. 1157of ring. See RING.Rūng, n. p. 1157(Naut.) A floor timber in a ship. 2. One of the rounds of a ladder. 3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.Rŭng'-hēad, n. p. 1158(Naut.) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.Ru'nic, a. p. 1158Of, or pertaining to, the Runes, or the language and letters of the ancient Norsemen. Runic knot (Arch.), a kind of twisted ornament used in buildings belonging to the Anglo-Saxon or Danish…Rŭn'let, n. p. 1158A little run or stream; a brook. 2. The same as RUNDLET. “A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary.” W. Scott.Rŭn'nel, n. p. 1158A rivulet or small brook. Bubbling runnels joined the sound. Collins. By the very side of the way, in lieu of ditches, there are slow runnels, in which one can see the minnows swimming. Masson.Rŭn'ner, n. p. 1158One who, or that which, runs; a racer. 2. Hence, one employed to solicit custom, as for a steamboat, railroad, &c. 3. (Bot.) A slender branch running along the ground, as in the strawberry, and…Rŭn'net, n. p. 1158The same as RENNET, q. v.Rŭn'ning, a. p. 1158Kept for the race; as, a running horse. Law. 2. Successive; without any thing of the same kind intervening; as, two days running; to sow land two years running. 3. Flowing; ready; easy; as, a running…Rŭn'ning, n. p. 1158The act of one who runs; the act of passing with speed. 2. That which runs or flows; as, the first running of a still, or of cider at the mill. 3. The discharge of an ulcer or other sore. At long…Rŭnn'ion, n. p. 1158The same as RONYON.Rŭnt, n. p. 1158Any animal small below the natural or usual size of the species. Of tame pigeons are croppers, carriers, and runts. Walton. 2. Hence, a dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person;—in contempt.…Ru-pee', n. p. 1158A coin and money of account in the East Indies. The gold rupee of Bombay and Madras is worth a little over 2½s. sterling, or about $7.00. The silver rupee, or sicca rupee, coined by the East India…