ruralize

i. & t. [Eng. rural; -ize.] A. In trans. To go into the country to live; to live in the country. B. Trans.: To make rural; to give a rural appearance to. rû-ral-lý, adv. [Eng. rural; -ly.] In a rural manner; as in the country. "Rurally situated at some distance from the body of the town." Wake field : Memoirs , p. 76. IMG:content-0845.png:[blocks in formation] Though a rush- candle from the wicker er hole." Milton: Comus, 338. 1. Lit .: A pushing or driving forward with eager- ne and haste; a violent motion or course. 2. Fig .: An eager demand; a run. "In view of the rush of applicants for every free scholarship at schools and universities."-London Daily Telegraph . rush, *rusche, v . i . . [O.Sw.rusk a , rusa = to rush; rusk a to shake; Dan. ruske ; Ger.rauschen =to rustle.] 1. To move or drive forward with haste and eager ne ; to hurry forward tumultuously. "He thinks the queen is rushing to his arms." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xx. 115. 2. To enter with undue eagerne , or without due deliberation, reflection, and preparation; as, to rush into speculation, to rush into print. 1. To put forward over hastily; to hurry forward. "In the first place a number of bills are rushed through Parliament. They must be pa ed coûte que coûte."-Lon. don Daily Telegraph. *2. To throw down; to overturn. "Of alle his ryche castilles rusche doune the walles." Morte Arthure, 1,339. rushed, a . [Eng. rush (1), s.; -ed.] 1. Abounding with rushes; rushy. "Near the rush'd marge of Cher well's flood." Warton: Odes, i. 2. Covered with rushes; as, a rushed floor. rŭsh-er(1), subst. [Eng. rush (1), s.; -er.] One whose busine it was to strew rushes on the floors at dances, . "Fiddlers, rushers, puppet-masters, Jugglers, and gipsies. rush-, *rush-ie, a . [Eng. rush (1), s.; -y.] 1. Abounding with rushes. "Our first field is gra , sloping down to a rushy patch." Field , March 27, 1886. 2. Made of rushes. *rushy-fringed, a. Fringed or bordered with Zool. A name applied to a group of Deer, of which Rusa is the type. The horns have an ante- rior basal snag, and the beam ends in a simple bifurcation; muffle not separate from muzzle, and set high; hair-tuft on hind legs. "Another member of the Rusine deer is the well-known Axis."- Wood : Illus . Nat . Hist ., i. 698. IMG:content-0846.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Lit .: Of a reddish-brown color. Formerly used loosely for gray or ash-colored. *2. Fig .: Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain. "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expre ed In ru et Yeas and honest kersey Noes. IMG:content-0847.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Astron .: [ASTEROID, 232.] 3. Leather : Ru ia-leather (q. v.). Ru ia-duck, s. IMG:content-0848.png:[blocks in formation] Ru ian Church Ru ian Church, s. Church Hist. & Eccles .: The church established in Ru ia. It is an offshoot from the Greek church, the conversion of the Ru ians to Christianity hav ing been effected by Greek mi ionaries. About A. D. 900, a metropolitan was consecrated at Constantinople for the see of Kiew, the capital of a Grand Duke. In 955 the Ru ian prince Olga went to Constantinople to be baptized. In 958 Vladimir the Great was also baptized, married the sister of the Greek emperor, and took active steps to spread Christianity in his dominions. In 1223 the Mongol Tartars invaded the country, and destroyed Kiew in 1240. In 1299, the seat of the met opolitan see was removed to Vladimir, and subsequently to Moscow. In 1415 a separation took place between the Ru ian and Polish churches. In 1702, Peter the Great swept away the dignity of the patriarch and proclaimed himself head of the Church. A Holy Synod was constituted to counsel and a ist him in his government. The tenets of the Ru ian Church are e entially those of the parent Greek Church (q. v.). There are many dis senters. Ru ian influenza, s. Med.: An epidemic catarrh, commonly called grippe, supposed to have originated in Ru ia. Ru ian-thistle, s. Salsola kali tragus . A noxious weed whose seeds have been introduced into this country from Europe. It is found from Michigan to Colorado, Idaho and California, growing on broken land to the great injury of small grain. Rus-sian-īze, v . t . [Eng. Ru ian ; -ize.] To render Ru ian; to subject to Ru ian influence. Rus-sian-işm ( as sh), subst . [Eng. Ru ian ; ism.] Ru ian influence; Ru ian mode of thought. Rus-si-fi-ca-tion, s . [As if from a verb Rus sify ; cf. Frenchify .] The act of rendering Ru ian; spec if., subjecting to Ru ian influence so as to prepare the way for annexation by Ru ia. ( Eng .) "The advocates of Ru ification hope, by this measure, finally to crush the German element." -Quart. Review, July, 1883, p. 231.