Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 88
Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation. "A running conquest." -- Milton.
What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature? -- Hare.
Running (a.) (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
Running (a.) (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
Running block (Mech.), A block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered.
Running board, A narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive.
Running (n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
Running (n.) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
Running (n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
At long running, In the long run. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Running (a.) (Of fluids) Moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" [ant: standing(a)].
Running (a.) Continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us".
Running (a.) Of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays" [ant: pass(a), passing(a)].
Running (a.) Executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" [ant: standing(a)].
Running (a.) Measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: linear, running(a)].
Running (a.) (Of e.g. a machine) Performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)].
Running (n.) (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running play, running game].
Running (n.) The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run, running].
Running (n.) The state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly".
Running (n.) The act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time".
Running (n.) The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running].
Runningly (adv.) In a running manner.
Runnion (n.) See Ronion.
Runology (n.) The science of runes. -- Ru*nol"o*gist, n.
Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]
Runt (n.) (Zool.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
Runt (n.) (Zool.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
Runt (n.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
Before I buy a bargain of such runts, I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. -- Beau. & Fl.
Runt (n.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. -- Holland.
Runt (n.) Disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint].
Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Runty (a.) Well below average height [syn: pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off].
Runty (a.) (Used especially of persons) Of inferior size [syn: puny, runty, shrimpy].
Runway (n.) The channel of a stream.
Runway (n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Compare: Catwalk
Catwalk (n.) A narrow walkway projecting from a stage into the seating area of a theater; it is used, e. g. by models displaying clothes on it at a fashion show. Called also runway.
Catwalk (n.) A narrow walkway high in the air to allow workers access to parts of a structure otherwise difficult to reach. Catwalks are located, e.g. above a stage in a theater, between parts of a building, along the side of a bridge, on the outside of a railroad car, on the outside of a large storage tank, etc.
Runway (n.) A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll [syn: track, rail, rails, runway].
Runway (n.) A chute down which logs can slide.
Runway (n.) A narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
Runway (n.) A strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land.
Rupee (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
Note: The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents.
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents [syn: Sri Lanka rupee, rupee].
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents [syn: Seychelles rupee, rupee].
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Nepalese rupee, rupee].
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents [syn: Mauritian rupee, rupee].
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Pakistani rupee, rupee].
Rupee (n.) The basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise [syn: Indian rupee, rupee].
Rupellary (n.) Rocky. [Obs.] "This rupellary nidary." -- Evelyn.
Rupert's
drop () A kind
of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is
remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the
tail broken; -- so called from
Rupia (n.) (Med.) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Rupial (a.) Of or pertaining to rupia.
Rupicola (n.) (Zool.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
Note: The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful color of their plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange.
Rupicola (n.) Cock of the rocks [syn: Rupicola, genus Rupicola].
Rupicoline (a.) (Zool.) Rock-inhabiting.
Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. "By ruption or apertion." -- Wiseman.
Ruptuary (n.) One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [R.]
The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ("roturiers," for history must find a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility. -- Chenevix.
Rupture (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. -- Arbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. -- Milton.
Rupture (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. -- E. Everett.
Rupture (n.) (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus.
Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
See Fracture.
Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Rupture.
Rupturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rupture.
Rupture (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
Compare: Hernia
Hernia (n.; pl. E. Hernias, L. Herni[ae].) [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
Strangulated hernia, A hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.
Rupture (n.) State of being torn or burst open.
Rupture (n.) A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out].
Rupture (n.) The act of making a sudden noisy break.
Rupture (v.) Separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap, bust].
Ruptured (a.) (Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.
Rupturewort (n.) (Bot.) Same as Burstwort.
Rupturewort (n.) (Bot.) A West Indian plant ({Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
Rupturewort (n.) Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures [syn: rupturewort, Hernaria glabra].
Rural (a.) 鄉下的，田園的，鄉村風味的 Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.
Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. -- Shak.
Rural (a.) Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.
Rural deanery (Eccl.), The state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Syn: Rustic.
Usage: 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.
Rural (a.) Living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" [ant: urban].
Rural (a.) Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery".
Rurales (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
Ruralism (n.) The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
Ruralism (n.) A rural idiom or expression. [syn: ruralism, rusticism]
Ruralism (n.) A rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field" [syn: rurality, ruralism].
Ruralist (n.) One who leads a rural life. -- Coventry.
Ruralist (n.) An advocate of rural living
Ruralist (n.) A man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn: countryman, ruralist].
-ties (n. pl. ) of Rurality.
Rurality (n.) The quality or state of being rural.
Rurality (n.) A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." -- Carlyle.
Rurality (n.) A rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field" [syn: rurality, ruralism].
Ruralized (imp. & p. p.) of Ruralize.
Ruralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruralize.
Ruralize (v. t.) To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
Ruralize (v. i.) To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
Rurally (adv.) In a rural manner; as in the country.
Rurally (adv.) In a rural manner.
Ruralness (n.) The quality or state of being rural.
Ruricolist (n.) An inhabitant of the country. [R.] -- Bailey.
Ruridecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect. [R.]
Rurigenous (a.) Born in the country. [Obs.]
Ruse (n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Ruse de guerre [F.], A stratagem of war.
Ruse (n.) A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse, artifice].
Rush (n.) (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights.
Rush (n.) The merest trifle; a straw.
John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. -- Arbuthnot.
Bog rush. See under Bog.
Club rush, Any rush of the genus Scirpus.
Flowering rush. See under Flowering.
Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits.
Nut rush (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots.
Rush broom, An Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
Rush candle, See under Candle.
Rush grass, Any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.
Rush toad (Zool.), The natterjack.
Scouring rush. (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch.
Spike rush, Any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.
Sweet rush, A sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.
Wood rush, Any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.
Rushed (imp. & p. p.) of Rush.
Rushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rush.
Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. -- Shak.
Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers. -- Sprat.
Rush (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
Rush (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [College Cant, U.S.]
Rush (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Rush (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
Rush (n.) A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.]
Rush (n.) (Football) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
Bunt rush (Football), A combined rush by main strength.
Rush line (Football), The line composed of rushers.
Rush (a.) Not accepting reservations [syn: first-come-first-serve(p), rush].
Rush (a.) Done under pressure; "a rush job" [syn: rush(a), rushed].
Rush (n.) The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing].
Rush (n.) A sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge].
Rush (n.) Grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems.
Rush (n.) Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) [syn: Rush, Benjamin Rush].
Rush (n.) The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick].
Rush (n.) A sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush".
Rush (n.) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" [syn: rush, rushing].
Rush (v.) Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger].
Rush (v.) Attack suddenly.
Rush (v.) Urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" [syn: rush, hurry] [ant: delay, detain, hold up].
Rush (v.) Act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate].
Rush (v.) Run with the ball, in football.
Rush (v.) Cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" [syn: race, rush].
Rush (v.) Cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten].
Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.
RUSH, () An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of "Remote Use of Shared Hardware".
["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.]
RUSH, () A high-level language that closely resembles Tcl but aimed to provide substantially faster execution.
See An Introduction to the Rush Language by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994). (1996-12-17)
Rush, () The papyrus (Job 8:11). (See BULRUSH.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "utterly".
Rush -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 3551
Housing Units (2000): 1928
Land area (2000): 718.207468 sq. miles (1860.148723 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.210374 sq. miles (0.544865 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 718.417842 sq. miles (1860.693588 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.527472 N, 99.310127 W
Headwords:
Rush
Rush, KS
Rush County
Rush County, KS
Rush -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 18261
Housing Units (2000): 7337
Land area (2000): 408.282683 sq. miles (1057.447250 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.337670 sq. miles (0.874562 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 408.620353 sq. miles (1058.321812 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.621652 N, 85.475672 W
Headwords:
Rush
Rush, IN
Rush County
Rush County, IN
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] -- Nares.
Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler. [Obs.]
That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. – Robynson (More's Utopia).
Rushed (a.) Abounding or covered with rushes.
Rushed (a.) Done under pressure; "a rush job" [syn: rush(a), rushed].
Rusher (n.) One who rushes. -- Whitlock.
Rusher (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Rusher (n.) (Football) A ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball.
Rusher (n.)2: Someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory.
Rusher (n.) A person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously.
Rushiness (n.) The quality or state of abounding with rushes.
Rushingly (adv.) In a rushing manner.
Rushlight (n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
Rushlight (n.) A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick [syn: rushlight, rush candle].
Rushlike (a.) Resembling a rush; weak.
Rushlike (a.) Resembling rush or sedge [syn: rushlike, sedgelike].
Rushy (a.) Abounding with rushes.
Rushy (a.) Made of rushes.
My rushy couch and frugal fare. -- Goldsmith.
Rushy (a.) Abounding in rushes; "a rushy marsh".
Rusine (a.) (Zool.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer ({Rusa Aristotelis) of India.
Rusine antler (Zool.), An antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores. -- Smart.
Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
Rusk (n.) Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread].
Rusk -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 47372
Housing Units (2000): 19867
Land area (2000): 923.548944 sq. miles (2391.980683 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.069854 sq. miles (39.030740 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 938.618798 sq. miles (2431.011423 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.156777 N, 94.801410 W
Headwords:
Rusk
Rusk, TX
Rusk County
Rusk County, TX
Rusk -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 15347
Housing Units (2000): 7609
Land area (2000): 913.127694 sq. miles (2364.989771 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 17.766380 sq. miles (46.014711 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 930.894074 sq. miles (2411.004482 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.437305 N, 91.136153 W
Headwords:
Rusk
Rusk, WI
Rusk County
Rusk County, WI
Rusk, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 5085
Housing Units (2000): 1539
Land area (2000): 6.822110 sq. miles (17.669182 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.022618 sq. miles (0.058581 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.844728 sq. miles (17.727763 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63848
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.798254 N, 95.149865 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rusk, TX
Rusk
Rusma (n.) A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) A Russian, or the Russians. [Rare, except in poetry.]
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Russians.
Russ (a.) Of or pertaining to the Russians.
Russet (a.) Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
The morn, in russet mantle clad. -- Shak.
Our summer such a russet livery wears. -- Dryden.
Russet (a.) Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] -- Shak.
Russet (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
Russet (n.) Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
Russet (n.) A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. -- Dryden.
Russet (n.) An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Russet (a.) Of brown with a reddish tinge.
Russet (n.) A reddish brown homespun fabric.
Russeting (n.) See Russet, n., 2 and 4.
Russety (a.) Of a russet color; russet.
Russia (n.) A country of Europe and Asia.
Russia iron, A kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface.
Russia leather, A soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects.
Russia matting, Matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden ({Tilia Europaea).
Russia (n.) A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 [syn: Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR].
Russia (n.) Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic].
Russia (n.) A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917.
Russia (n.) A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state [syn: Russia, Russian Federation].
Russian (a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Russian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
Russian bath. See under Bath. Russian Church.
Russian (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; "Russian dancing".
Russian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia.
Russian (n.) The Slavic language that is the official language of Russia.
Russian (n.) A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.