rug (1), rugg

[Sw. rugg =rough, entangled hair; cogn. with Low Ger. ruug; Dut. ruig; A. S. rúh =rough (q. v.).] 1. A heavy, nappy fabric, used as a wrapper, cover, or protection; as (1) A cover of a bed. (2) A hearth-rug. *rug-in, s. [RUG (1), s.] A nappy cloth. "The lips grew so painful, that she could not endure the wiping the ichor from it with a soft rug in with her cwn hand."- Wiseman : Surgery. rû gîne, s . [Fr.] A surgeon's rasp; an instrument for removing the diseased surface of bones. "If new flesh should not generate, bore little orifices into the bone, or rasp it with the rugine ." --Sharp . rû gîne', v. t. [Fr. ruginer.] To scrape with a rugine. "When you find it moist, there you are to rugine it."Wiseman: Surgery , bk. v., ch. ix.