rusty3 (rust i)

[A var. of restyl, confused with rustyl.] Stubborn: same as resty1 for restive. In the mean time, there is much urging and spurring the parliament for supply and expedition, in both which they will prove somewhat rusty. Court and Times of Charles I. , I. 36. To ride, run, or turn rusty, to become contumacious; rebel in a surly manner; resist or oppose any one ill-naturedly. He [the monkey] takes her [the cat] round the neck, and tries to pull her down, and if then she turns rusty,.. he'll give her a nip with his teeth. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor. And how the devil am I to get the crew to obey me? Why, even Dick Fletcher rides rusty on me now and then. Scott , Pirate, xxxix. Company that's got no more orders to give, and wants to turn up rusty to them that has, had better be making room than filling it. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xi. They paraded the street, and watched the yard till dusk, when its proprietor ran rusty and turned them out. C. Reade, Hard Cash, xlv. rusty back (rus'ti-bak), n. A fern, Ceterach of ficin arum : so named in allusion to the rusty scales which cover its lower surface. [Eng.] rusty-crowned (rus'ti-kround), a. Having a chestnut spot on the top of the head: specifically said of the rusty - crowned falcon, Falco ( Tinnunculus ) sparverius . See sparrow - hawk . And as from hils raine waters headlong fall, That all waies eate huge ruts . Chapman , Iliad, iv. 480. A sleepy land where under the same wheel The same old rut would deepen year by year. IMG:content-2644.png:[blocks in formation] And there arose such rut , th' unruly rout among, That soon the noise thereof through all the ocean rong. Drayton, Polyolbion, ii. 445. 2. The noise made by deer at the time of sex- ual excitement; hence, the periodical sexual excitement or heat of animals; the period of heat. What piety forbids the lusty ram, Or more salacious goat, to rut their dam? marked series, of which the larger and typical, having the ovary deeply lobed and the fruit capsular, contains the tribes Cusparieæ , Ruteæ , Diosmex , Boronieæ , and Xan- thoxyleæ; and the smaller, having the ovary little if at all lobed, and the fruit coriaceous, drupaceous, or a berry, contains the tribes Toddalieæ and Aurantieæ . The last includes, in the genus Citrus , the orange and the lemon, which depart from the type in their numerous carpels, ovules, and stamens. For some of the important genera, see Ruta (the type), Ptelea , Xanthoxylum , Citrus , Murray a , Peganum , and Dictamnus . rutaceous (rö-ta shius), a. [L. rutaceus , rut a , rue: see rue2 .] Of, belonging to, or char- acterizing the plant-order Rutaceæ ; resembling rutel, v. and n. of rout1 . rute2t, n. and v. rute3 (röt), n. [Cf. W. rhwtws , broken parts, dregs, rhwtion , rhytion , particles rubbed off.] In mining , very small threads of ore. Ruteæ (rö'te-e), n . pl . [NL. (Adrien de Jus- sieu, 1825), Ruta + -ex .] A tribe of plants of the order Rutaceæ , characterized by free and spreading petals and stamens, a free and thick- ened disk, three or more ovules in a cell, fleshy albumen, and a curved embryo. It in- cludes 6 genera, of which Ruta is the type. The species are herbs, often with a shrubby base, with perfect, mostly regular flowers, their parts commonly in fours, and often with pinnately divided leaves. They are widely scat tered through most northern temperate regions. Rutela (rö'te-la), n. [NL. (Latreille, 1817), an error for Rutila , fem. of L. rutilus , red: see rutile.] A genus of lamellicorn beetles, giving name to the Rutelinæ or Rutelidæ , having the claws entire and the scutellum longer than broad. They are beetles of a moderate size and short and stout form, and are ornamented with striking and variable colors. They are confined to South America and the West Indies, but one Cuban species, R. formosa , has been seen in the United States. They are found on Rutelidæ (rö-tel'i-dē), n . pl . [NL. (MacLeay, 1819), Rutela + -idæ .] A family of lamellicorn beetles, usually ranking as a tribe or subfamily of Scarabæidæ : a little-used term. Rutelinæ (rö-te-līnē), n . pl. [NL., Rutela +-inæ.] A subfamily of Scarabæidæ , typified by the genus Rutela ; the goldsmith-beetles or tree-beetles. They are splendid metallic beetles, mostly of the warmer parts of America. The body is shorter, rounder, and more polished than is usually the case with scarabs, and the tarsi are thick, enabling the 3. Sorrow for the misery of another; compas- sion; pity; mercy; tenderne . For-thi I rede the riche hane reuthe on the pore. Piers Plowman (A), i. 149, Tho can she weepe, to stirre up gentle ruth Both for her noble blood and for her tender youth. Spenser , F. Q., I. 1. 50. To tell us who inhabits this fair town. Marlowe and Nash , Dido, Queen of Carthage, ii. 1. 41. 4. Repentance; regret. Of worldly pleasure it is a treasure, to say truth, To wed a gentle wyfe; of his bargayne he needes no ruth . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 86, I trowe that to a norice in this case It had been hard this rewthe for to see; Wel myhte a moder than han cryed all as! and most beautiful species is Areoda ( Cotalpa ) lanigera , the goldsmith-beetle, 1 inch long, of a yellow color glit tering like gold on the head and thorax. They appear in New England about the middle of May. Plusiotis glo- riosa is pale-green, with the margins of the body and broad stripes on the elytra of pure pure polished gold-color. Also 2. Causing ruth or pity; piteous. Rutelidæ as a family and Rutelini as a tribe. See cut un- der Cotalpa . ruth (röth), n. [ rewth , rewthe, routh, reouthe, reowthe , hryggth , hrygth , ruth, sorrow, hryggr , grieved, sor- rowful: see ruel, v. The equiv. noun in AS. was hrców : see ruel , n.] 1. Sorrow; misery; grief. Of the quenes profer the puple hadde reuthe , For sche fel to-fore the best flat to the grounde; Ther was weping & wo wonderli riue. Reign thou above the storms of sorrow and ruth That roar beneath; unshaken hath won thee. Tennyson, Sonnet, Though Night hath climbed, etc. 2. That which brings ruth; cruel or barbarous IMG:content-2645.png:[blocks in formation] The Danes with ruth our real me did ouerrunne, Their wrath inwrapte vs all in wretchedne e. I come not here to be your foe! I seek these anchorites, not in ruth , ruthle See, ruthle queen, a haple father's tears. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 156. 2. Unmodified or unrestrained by pity; marked by unfaltering rigor; relentle ; mercile : as, ruthle severity. With ruthle joy the happy hound Told hill and dale that Reynard's track was found. Cowper, Needle Alarm. A high morality and a true patriotism must first be renounced before a ruthle career of selfish conquest can begin. E. Everett, Orations and Speeches, I. 521. =Syn. Unpitying, hard-hearted. ruthle ly (röth'les-li), adv. [ That the Moslems did ruthle ly destroy Jaina temples at Ajmir, Delhi, Canouge, and elsewhere may be quite true, but then it was because their columns served so admirably for the construction of their mosques. 5283