Rudiment

rOod i-ment, n. anything in its rude or first stale a first principle or element Rudimental, rflbd-i-ment'al. Rudimentary, rosdi-ment'ar-i, adj. pertaining to, consisting in, or containing rudiments or first principles initial. Rue, riio, u. a plant used in medicine, having a bitte i taste, and strong smell. [Fr. rue—L. rut a — Gi.?/ty Rue, roo, to be sorry for to lament:—prp. rue'ing, A it and pa.p rued. [A S. hreowan, to be sorry for hrcow, sorrow Ger. reue, O. Grr hriutva. mourumg Rueful. Kio’fool, ad sorrowful piteous.—^?/. Rue 'fully - u Ruo'fulue . Ruff, ruf, an ornament of frills formerly worn round the neck’ anything plaited a species of wading bird, the male of which has the neck stmwinded in lire breeding season with a ruff of long leathers.—•fern. Reeve.— v.t. to ruffle to trump nr whist instead of following suit. [Prnb a form of Rough Ruffian, rul i-an, n a brutal, boisterous fellow a robber a murderer —adj. brutal: boisterous. [Fr. rujnn, rnjiauo, prob from u root ruf, seen ’iov Ger. rujffer, ruffe In, to pander. Ruffianism, ruf'i-un-j/m, conduct of a ruffian,