Rudmasday
(Rud"mas*day) n. [See Rood, Mass, Day.] (R.C.Ch.) Either of the feasts of the Holy
Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.
Rudolphine
(Ru*dolph"ine) a. Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by
Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; — so named from Rudolph II., emperor of
Germany.
Rue
(Rue) n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. cf. AS. rde.]
1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It
is used in medicine.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
Milton.
They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we
suppose, came to be called herb of grace.
Jer. Taylor. 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Goat's rue. See under Goat. — Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides)
common in the United States. — Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta- muraria) common on walls in
Europe.
Rue
(Rue), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruing.] [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make
sorry, AS. hreówan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel. hruggr grieved,
hrugð sorrow. &radic 18. Cf. Ruth.]
1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. Chaucer.
I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.
Chapmen.
Thy will
Chose freely what it now so justly rues.
Milton. 2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] "God wot, it rueth me." Chaucer.
3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [Prov. Eng.]
Rue
(Rue), v. i.
1. To have compassion. [Obs.]
God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue.
Chaucer.
Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.
Ridley. 2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue.
Chaucer.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.
Tennyson. Rue
(Rue), n. [AS. hreów. See Rue, v. t.] Sorrow; repetance. [Obs.] Shak.
Rueful
(Rue"ful) a.
1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
