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Henslow, it seems certain that rust is only an earlier form of mildew. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 319. High farming encourages the development of rust , especially if the wheat is rank and it becomes lodged or fallen. Science, III. 457. prises. The so-called Ru ophile traders in politics. C. Marvin, Ru ian Advance towards India, i. Ru ophilism (rus'ō-fil-izm), n. [ Ru ophile + -ism.] The doctrines, sentiments, or prin ciples of a Ru ophile. Ru ophilist (rus'ō-fil-ist), n. [ Ru ophile + -ist .) Same as Ru ophile . Ru ophobe (rus'ō-fōb), n. [NL., Ru ophobist . The unanimity of the condemnation of Ru ia on the part of the representative organs of public opinion indicates clearly enough that the union of Ru ophiles and Ru ophobes has not been disrupted by the wrangles at home. Contemporary Rev. , L. 267. Ru ophobia (rus-o-fō'bi-ä), n. [ Ru us , Ru , + Gr. -φοβία , φοβείσθαι , fear.] A dread of Ru ia or of Ru ian policy; a strong feeling against Ru ia or the Ru ians. A haunted house, That keeps the rust of murder on the walls. Tennyson , Guinevere. 5. Any growth, influence, or habit tending to injure the mental or moral faculties; a habit or tendency which clogs action or usefulne ; also, the state of being affected with such a habit. But, lord, thouz y haue ben vniust, zit thoruz the help of thi ben ignite I hope to rub be aweye the rust , With penaunce, from my goostli yze. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 189. How he glisters Thorough my rust ! and how his piety Does my deeds make the blacker! Shak., W. T., iii. 2. 172. Those Fountains and Streams of all Polite Learning [the universities] have not yet been able to wash away that slavish Rust that sticks to you. Milton , Ans. to Salmasius, iii. 96. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-2637.jpg:[graphic] rust I should have endured in silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties. Charlotte Brontë , Profe or, iv. Just so much work as keeps the brain from rust . Browning, Ring and Book, II. 66. Black rust, a fungus with dark-colored spores which attacks the leaves and stems of wheat and other cereals and of various gra es; the final or teleutospore stage of Puc cinia gram in is, or grain-blight.- Red rust, a common fungus, Puccinia gram in is, which attacks wheat, oats, and other kinds of grain. See barberry - fungus, Puccinia.