Syn. — Rustic. — Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights,
etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who
were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
etc.
We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
Dryden. Rurales
(||Ru*ra"les) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies,
including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
Ruralism
(Ru"ral*ism) n.
1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
2. A rural idiom or expression.
Ruralist
(Ru"ral*ist), n. One who leads a rural life. Coventry.
Rurality
(Ru*ral"i*ty) n.; pl. - ties [Cf. LL. ruralitas.]
1. The quality or state of being rural.
2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.
Ruralize
(Ru"ral*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruralized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruralizing ] To render rural; to
give a rural appearance to.
Ruralize
(Ru"ral*ize), v. i. To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
Rurally
(Ru"ral*ly), adv. In a rural manner; as in the country.
Ruralness
(Ru"ral*ness), n. The quality or state of being rural.
Ruricolist
(Ru*ric"o*list) n. [L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the country + colere to inhabit.] An inhabitant of
the country. [R.] Bailey.
Ruridecanal
(Ru`ri*dec"a*nal) a. [L. rus, ruris the country + decanus the chief of ten. See Dean.]
Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect. [R.]
Rurigenous
(Ru*rig"e*nous) a. [L. rurigena; rus, ruris, the country + genere, gignere, to bring forth,
pass., to be born.] Born in the country. [Obs.]
Ruse
(Ruse) n. [F., fr. OF. reüser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref.
re- again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
||Ruse de guerre [F.], a stratagem of war.
Rush
(Rush) n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all
probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems,
as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for
wicks to lamps and rushlights.
