Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 85
Ruffle (n.) (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff. -- H. L. Scott.
Ruffle (n.) (Zool.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
Ruffle of a boot, The top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. -- Halliwell.
Ruffle (n.) A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow].
Ruffle (n.) A high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff].
Ruffle (n.) A noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle].
Ruffle (v.) Stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate].
Ruffle (v.) Trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure."
Ruffle (v.) To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock].
Ruffle (v.) Discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues."
Ruffle (v.) Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick, ruffle, riffle].
Ruffle (v.) Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix].
Ruffle (v.) Erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: ruffle, fluff].
Ruffle (v.) Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" [syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up].
Ruffle (v.) Pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" [syn: ruffle, pleat].
Ruffleless (a.) Having no ruffle.
Rufflement (n.) The act of ruffling. [R.]
Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. -- Milton.
Ruffler (n.) That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
Rufigallic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.
Rufiopin (n.) (Chem.) A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.
Rufol (n.) (Chem.) A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.
Rufous (a.) [L. rufus.] Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Ruft (n.) (Med.) Eructation; belching. [Obs.]
Rufterhood (n.) (Falconry) A kind of hood for a hawk.
Rug (a.) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. -- Holinshed.
Rug (a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
Rug (a.) A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
Rug gown, A gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth. -- B. Johnson.
Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Rug (n.) Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting].
Rugae (n. pl. ) of Ruga.
Ruga (n.) [L.] (Nat. Hist.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.
Rugate (a.) Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. -- Dana.
Rugby (n.) （亦可大寫）英式橄欖球 [U] A form of football played with an oval ball [syn: {rugby}, {rugby football}, {rugger}].
Rugby, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 2939
Housing Units (2000): 1434
Land area (2000): 1.933402 sq. miles (5.007488 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.933402 sq. miles (5.007488 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68860
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.367129 N, 99.995979 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rugby, ND
Rugby
Rugby (n.) 拉格比（英語：Rugby），是美國北達科他州下屬的一座城市。根據2010年美國人口普 查，該市有人口2,876人。2011年估計該市有人口2,886人，相對於2010年，增長率為0.35%。[1] Rugby is a city in, and the county seat of, Pierce County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 2,876 at the 2010 census. [5] making it the seventeenth largest city in North Dakota. Rugby was founded in 1886.
Rugby is often billed as the geographic center of North America.
Rugged (a.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.
The rugged bark of some broad elm. -- Milton.
Rugged (a.) Not neat or regular; uneven.
His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged. -- Shak.
Rugged (a.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. "The rugged Russian bear." -- Shak.
Rugged (a.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard, rugged, and unconcerned as ever. -- South.
Rugged (a.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. -- Milton.
Rugged (a.) Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. -- Dryden.
Rugged (a.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. "Sleek o'er your rugged looks." -- Shak.
Rugged (a.) Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
Rugged (a.) Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]
Syn: Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh; hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning; violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy; tempestuous; inclement. -- Rug"ged*ly, adv. -- Rug"ged*ness, n.
Rugged (a.) Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" [ant: delicate].
Rugged (a.) Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile" [syn: furrowed, rugged] [ant: unfurrowed].
Rugged (a.) Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" [syn: broken, rugged].
Rugged (a.) Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough].
Rugging (n.) A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.
Rug-gowned (a.) Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug. -- Beau. & Fl.
Ruggy (a.) Rugged; rough.
Rug-headed (a.) Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
Rugin (n.) A nappy cloth.
Rugine (n.) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
Rugine (v. t.) To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
Rugosa (n. pl.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.
Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.
Rugosity (n.) The quality or state of being rugose.
Rugous (a.) Wrinkled; rugose.
Rugulose (a.) Somewhat rugose.
Ruhmkorff's coil () (Elec.) See Induction coil, under Induction.
Ruin (n.) 毀滅；崩潰；毀壞 [U]；（建築物的）斷垣殘壁 [C]；廢墟；遺跡 [P] The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] "His ruin startled the other steeds." -- Chapman.
Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" -- Gray.
Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.
The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall, And one promiscuous ruin cover all; Nor, after length of years, a stone betray The place where once the very ruins lay. -- Addison.
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character. -- Buckminster.
Ruin (n.) The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
Ruin (n.) That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business. -- Bacon.
Syn: Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow; subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
Ruined (imp. & p. p.) of Ruin.
Ruining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruin.
Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. -- Sandys.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. -- Locke.
Ruin (v. t.) 使毀滅；毀壞；使成廢墟；使破產；誘姦 To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
This mortal house I'll ruin. -- Shak.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. -- Milton.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. -- Franklin.
By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. -- Longfellow.
Ruin (n.) An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" [syn: ruin, ruination].
Ruin (n.) A ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins."
Ruin (n.) The process of becoming dilapidated [syn: dilapidation, ruin].
Ruin (n.) An event that results in destruction [syn: ruin, ruination].
Ruin (n.) Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation [syn: downfall, ruin, ruination].
Ruin (n.) Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking].
Ruin (v.) Destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" [syn: destroy, ruin].
Ruin (v.) Destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election."
Ruin (v.) Reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash].
Ruin (v.) Reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war."
Ruin (v.) Deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" [syn: deflower, ruin].
Ruin (v.) Fall into ruin.
Ruin (v.) To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
Ruin (v.) [ T ] (B2) （完全）毀掉，毀壞；破壞；糟踏 To spoil or destroy something completely.
// Huge modern hotels have ruined this once unspoilt coastline.
// Her injury ruined her chances of winning the race.
Ruin (v.) [ T ] 使破産；使身敗名裂；毀滅 To cause a person or company to lose all their money or their good reputation.
// Cheap imported goods are ruining many businesses.
// If there's a scandal I'll be ruined!
Ruin (n.) [ U ] 毀掉，毀壞，破壞 The process or state of being spoiled or destroyed.
// The car accident meant the ruin of all her hopes.
// They let the palace fall into ruin.
Ruin (n.) (C2) [ U ] 破産；身敗名裂；毀滅 A situation in which a person or company has lost all their money or their reputation.
// Many companies are on the edge/brink/verge of ruin.
// Alcohol was my ruin (= the thing that spoiled my life).
Ruin (n.) (B1) [ C ] 廢墟；殘垣斷壁；倒塌的建築物 The broken parts that are left from an old building or town.
// We visited a Roman ruin.
// The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage.
lie in ruins (Of a building or city) （建築物或城市）淪為一片廢墟，成為一片殘垣斷壁 To be extremely badly damaged so that most of it has fallen down.
// The town lay in ruins after years of bombing.
Be in ruins (n.) 完全毀壞；嚴重受損；垮掉 To be in an extremely bad state.
// The economy was in ruins after the war.
Ruinable (a.) Capable of being ruined.
Ruinate (v. t.) To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
Ruinate (v. t.) To cause to fall; to cast down.
Ruinate (v. i.) To fall; to tumble.
Ruinate (a.) Involved in ruin; ruined.
Ruination (n.) The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
Ruiner (n.) One who, or that which, ruins.
Ruiniform (a.) Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.
Ruinous (a.) 破壞性的，招致毀滅的，零落的 Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Ruinous (a.) Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
Rukh (n.) The roc.
Rukh (n.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.
Rulable (a.) That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.
Rule (n.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives. -- Tillotson.
Rule (n.) Hence: Uniform or established course of things.
'T is against the rule of nature. -- Shak.
Rule (n.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.
Rule (n.) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.
Rule (n.) Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.]
This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. -- Shak.
Rule (n.) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
Obey them that have the rule over you. -- Heb. xiii. 17.
His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. -- Pope.
Rule (n.) (Law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. -- Wharton.
Rule (n.) (Math.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
Rule (n.) (Gram.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
Rule (n.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
Rule (n.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule. -- South.
Rule (n.) (Print.) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
Rule (n.) (Print.) A composing rule. See under Conposing.
As a rule, As a general thing; in the main; usually; as, he behaves well, as a rule.
Board rule, Caliber rule, etc. See under Board, Caliber, etc.
Rule joint, A knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.
Rule of the road (Law), Any of the various regulations imposed upon travelers by land or water for their mutual convenience or safety. In the United States it is a rule of the road that land travelers passing in opposite directions shall turn out each to his own right, and generally that overtaking persons or vehicles shall turn out to the left; in England the rule for vehicles (but not for pedestrians) is the opposite of this.
Rule of three (Arith.), That rule which directs, when three terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the third term as the second has to the first; proportion. See Proportion, 5 (b) .
Rule of thumb, Any rude process or operation, like that of using the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment and practical experience as distinguished from scientific knowledge.
Rule (n.) Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.
Ruled (imp. & p. p.) of Rule.
Ruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rule.
Rule (v. t.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. -- Chaucer.
A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection. -- 1 Tim. iii. 2, 4.
Rule (v. t.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
I think she will be ruled In all respects by me. -- Shak.
Rule (v. t.) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
That's are ruled case with the schoolmen. -- Atterbury.
Rule (v. t.) (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
Rule (v. t.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
Ruled surface (Geom.), Any surface that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called also a scroll.
Rule (v. i.) To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.
By me princes rule, and nobles. -- Prov. viii. 16.
We subdue and rule over all other creatures. -- Ray.
Rule (v. i.) (Law) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule. -- Burril.
Rule (v. i.) (Com.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
Rule (n.) A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule, regulation].
Rule (n.) Something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn: convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula].
Rule (n.) Prescribed guide for conduct or action [syn: rule, prescript].
Rule (n.) (Linguistics) A rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice [syn: rule, linguistic rule].
Rule (n.) A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works" [syn: principle, rule].
Rule (n.) The duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth."
Rule (n.) Dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar" [syn: dominion, rule].
Rule (n.) Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess."
Rule (n.) Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic."
Rule (n.) A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" [syn: principle, rule].
Rule (n.) (Mathematics) A standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials" [syn: rule, formula].
Rule (n.) Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths [syn: rule, ruler].
Rule (v.) Exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?" [syn: govern, rule].
Rule (v.) Decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree].
Rule (v.) Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail].
Rule (v.) Decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" [syn: rule, find].
Rule (v.) Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
Rule (v.) Mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins."
Rule (v.) Keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness, rein].
RULE, () TERM, English practice. A term rule is in the nature of a day rule, by which a prisoner is enabled by the terms of one rule, instead of a daily rule, to quit the prison or its rules for the purpose of transacting his business. lt is obtained in the same manner as a day rule. See Rules.
RULE. () This is a metaphorical expression borrowed from mechanics. The rule, in its proper and natural sense, is an instrument by means of which may be drawn from one point to another, the shortest possible line, which is called a straight line.
RULE. () The rule is a means of comparison in the arts to judge whether the line be straight, as it serves in jurisprudence, to judge whether an action be just or unjust, it is just or right, when it agrees with the rule, which is the law. It is unjust and wrong, when it deviates from it. lt is the same with our will or our intention.
Rule, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 698
Housing Units (2000): 386
Land area (2000): 0.695637 sq. miles (1.801692 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.695637 sq. miles (1.801692 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63752
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.183118 N, 99.893300 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79547
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rule, TX
Rule
Ruleless (a.) Destitute of rule; lawless. -- Spenser.
Rule-monger (n.) A stickler for rules; a slave of rules.
Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Ruler (n.) A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a).
Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
Ruling (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
Ruling (n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
Ruling (n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
Rulingly (adv.) In a ruling manner; so as to rule.
Rullichies (n. pl.) Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.
Ruly (a.) Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.
Rum (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
Rum (a.) Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.