royalist (roialist)

and a. [= F. royal i ste = Sp. Pg. realist a = It. realist a, regalist a; as royal + -ist.] I. n. A supporter of a king or of royal government; one who adheres to or upholds the cause of a king against its opponents or a ailants. Specifically [ cap.] (a) In Eng. hist., one of the partizans of Charles I. and of Charles II. during the civil war and the Commonwealth; a Cavalier, as opposed to a Round head. Where Ca'ndish fought, the royalists prevail'd. Waller , Epitaph on Colonel Charles Cavendish. (b) In Amer . hist . , an adherent of the British government during the revolutionary period. (c) In French hist ., a supporter of the Bourbons as against the revolutionary and subsequent governments. II. a . Of or pertaining to Royalists or royalism; adhering to or supporting a royal government. Royalist Antiquarians still show the rooms where Majesty and suite, in these extraordinary circumstances, had their lodging. Carlyle, French Rev., II. i. 1. The battle of Marston Moor, with the defeat of the Roy alist forces, was the result. Encyc . Brit ., VIII. 347. royalize (roi'al-iz), v.; pret. and pp. royalized, ppr.royalizing. [ Royalizing Henry's Albion With presence of your princely mightine . Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. Shak., Rich. III., i. 3. 125. To royalise his blood I spilt my own. II. in trans. To exercise kingly power; bear royal sway. [Rare.] Euen He (my Son) must be both Iust and Wise, If long he look to Rule and Royalize . Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. Also spelled royalise . royally (roi'al-i), adv . [ riolly , realliche ; royal +-ly2.] In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. king In Ensample of this Cite, sothely to telle, Rome on a Riuer rially was set. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1610. Did I not tell thee He was only given to the book, and for that How royally he pays? Fletcher , Spanish Curate, ii. 4. royalmast (roi'al-mast), n . The highest part of a full-rigged ship's mast, the fourth from the deck, above and now generally in one piece with the topgallant mast, for carrying the sail called the royal. See cut under ship . royalty (roi'al-ti), n.; pl. royalties (-tiz). [ Setting aside his high blood's royalty , And let him be no kinsman to my liege, I do defy him. Shak., Rich. II., i. 1. 58. 2. Royal personality; concretely, a royal personage, or member of a royal family; collec IMG:content-2547.png:[blocks in formation] tively, an aggregate or a emblage of royal per- Rt. Hon. An abbreviation of the title Right sons: as, royalty absented itself; discrowned Honorable . royalties. IMG:content-2548.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Royal authority; sovereign state; kingly rule or majesty; kingship, either as an attribute or as a principle. Now, hear our English king; For thus his royalty doth speak in me. Shak ., K. John, v. 2. 129. England, notwithstanding the advantages of politic royalty , had fallen into trouble. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 365. 4. The character of being kingly, or proper to a king; royal quality, literally or figuratively; kingline . In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. 50. There is no true royalty but in the rule of our own spirits. Channing , Perfect Life, p. 114. 5. That which pertains or is proper to a king or sovereign; a sovereign right or attribute; regal dominion or prerogative; a manifestation or an emblem of kingship. You were crown'd before, And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off. Shak ., K. John, iv. 2. 5. Wherefore do I [Satan] a ume These royalties and not refuse to reign? Rt. Rev. An abbreviation of the title Right Reverend . Ru. The chemical symbol of ruthenium . ruana (rö-an'ä), n. A variety of viol used in India. rub (rub), v.; pret. and pp. rubbed , ppr. rubbing . [ rubben ; origin uncertain; cf. Dan. rub be ( rub , rub, Ir. Gael. rubadh , a rub- bing, Ir. ruboir , Gael. rubair , a rubber, W.rhubio , rub, rhob , a rub. The Celtic forms may be origi- nal.] I. trans . 1. To apply pre ure with mo- tion to the surface of; apply friction to by chaf- ing or fretting with something else: as, to rub the face with a towel; to rub one hand with the other. As rody as a rose, rubbed his chekes, Coughed and carped. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 99. His disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rub- bing them in their hands. Luke vi. 1. 2. To smooth, polish, clean, or coat by means of friction or frictional applications: as, to rub bra es or silver; to rub a floor; to rub furniture. Go, sir, rub your chain with crums. Shak ., T. N., ii. 3. 128. Let but these fits and flashes pa , she will shew to you As jewels rubb'd from dust, or gold new burnish'd. Fletcher , Wild goose Chase, iv. 1. As bees on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubb'd with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs. Milton , P. L., i. 774. IMG:content-2549.png:[blocks in formation] 7. A royal due or perquisite; especially, a seigniorage due to a king from a manor of which he is lord; a tax paid to the crown, or to a supe- rior as representing the crown, as on the pro- duce of a royal mine. For to my Muse, if not to me, I'm sure all game is free; Heaven, earth, all are but parts of her great royalty . Randolph , Ode to Master Anthony Stafford. With the property [an estate in Denbighshire] were in separably connected extensive royalties . Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xxi. Hence-8. ( a ) A compensation paid to one who holds a patent for the use of the patent, or for the right to act under it, generally at a certain rate for each article manufactured. (b) A pro- portional payment made on sales, as to an au- thor or an inventor for each copy of a work or for each article sold.-9. In Scotland, the area occupied by a royal burgh, or (in the plural) the bounds of a royal burgh a royal burgh.- Ensigns of royalty. See pre ure; act with or upon by friction: with out, off , in , etc.: as, to rub out marks, spots, or stains; to rub off rust; to rub in a liniment; to rub up an ointment in a mortar. In such cases, the painter's deep conception of his sub- ject's inward traits is seen after the superficial col- oring has been rubbed off by time. 4. To take an impre ion of by friction; ap- ply frictional pre ure to, as an engraved or sculptured figure or inscription, for the pur- pose of copying. See rubbing , 2. 6. To cause to move over another body with friction: as, to rub one's hand over a mirror.- Rubbed tints, in chromolithography , tints produced on the stone by rubbing freely upon it colored inks formed into blocks or ma es. The ink is distributed, the su- perfluous part removed, or in parts softened down as required, by means of a cloth or stump. Where more force or detail is required, inks in crayon form are used. -Rubbed work, in building , work in stone or brick smoothed by rubbing with gritstone aided by sand and water. To rub a thing in, to make a disagreeable thing still more disagreeable by repeating it or emphasizing it. [Colloq.] To rub down. (a) To rub from top to bot- tom, from head to foot, or all over, for any purpose: as, to rub down a horse after a hard run. which neces- Opportunities for petty thefts occur. sitate the large body of dock police, with the custom of rubbing down each labourer [for the detection of stolen articles] as he pa es the dock gates. Nineteenth Century , XXII. 487. (b) To reduce or bring to smaller dimensions by friction; smooth or render le prominent by rubbing. To rub elbows. See elbow. To rub off, to clean or clear off, or get rid of, by or as if by rubbing: as, to rub off dust; to rub off one's rusticity. See def. 3.- To rub out. (a) To erase or remove by rubbing: as, to rub out figures on a slate. (b) To spread by rubbing; diffuse over a surface with a rubbing instrument: as, to rub out paint. -To rub the hair (or fur) the wrong way, to excite or irritate by petty opposition or bickering or by an in- opportune or indiscreet remark: in allusion to the effect produced on a cat by such a rubbing of its hair. Some- times, by contraction, to rub the wrong way (with or with- out a person as object). IMG:content-2550.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A metaphorical rubbing or chafing; an ir- ritating or disturbing act or expre ion; inter- ference; affront; sarcasm, gibe, or the like. Bristol can literary rubs despise; You'll wonder whence the wisdom may proceed; 'Tis doubtful if her aldermen can read. To sleep: perchance to dream ay, there's the rub . Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 66. Perceiuing that their power and author i tie would be a perillous rub in his way. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 243. I have no cro e, no rub to stop my sute. Marston, What you Will, i L They are well inclined to marry, but one rub or other is ever in the way. Burton , Anat. of Mel, p. 555. Upon the death of a prince among us, the admin i str a tion goes on without any rub or interruption. Swift , Sentiments of Ch. of Eng. Man, il We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours. Goldsmith, Vicar, i 4+. An unevenne of surface or character; a roughne or inequality; an imperfection; a flaw; a fault. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. Shak . , Macbeth, iii. 1. 134. A gentleman, excepting some few rubs ,. Fraughted as deep with noble and brave parts.... As any he alive. Fletcher , Wit without Money, 12 My floor is not so flat, so fine, And has more obvious rubs than thine. It is no unusual drawback to married life, this same knack of rubbing the hair the wrong way ; and I think it helps to bring a very large proportion of cases into the "Court of Probate, ." Whyte Melville, White Rose, I. xxv. who was always rubbed the wrong way by Lady Flanders. J. Hawthorne , Dust, p. 291. rubadub No drum-head, in the longest day's march, was ever more ince antly beaten and smitten than public sentiment in the North has been, every month, and day, and hour, by the din, and roll, and rub - a - dub of Abolition writers and Abolition lecturers. D. Webster , Speech, Senate, July 17, 1850. rubarbt, n. An obsolete spelling of rhubarb . ruba e (rö-bas'), n . [ F.rubace , ruba e , also dim. rubacelle , colored quartz, rube us , red, reddish: see ruby , red1 .] A lapidaries' name for a beautiful variety of rock-crystal, limpid or slightly amethystine, speckled in the interior with minute spangles of specular iron, which reflect a bright red color. The best ruba e comes from Brazil. An artificial kind is made by heating rock-crystal red-hot, and then plunging it into a coloring liquid. The crystal becomes full of cracks, which the coloring matter enters. Also called Ancona ruby and Mont Blanc ruby . rubato (rö-bäʼtō), a. [ music, in modified or distorted rhythm: especially used of the arbitrary lengthening of certain notes in a measure and the corresponding shortening of others, for the purpose of bring ing some tone or chord into decided prominence without altering the total duration of the measure. rubbage (rub'āj), n. An obsolete or dialectal form of rubbish. rubbee (rubʼē), n. Same as rabi2. rubber (rub'ėr), n. and a. [ The strike of the stone-workers... began the rubbers and mill men made a demand. 5253 Brazilian or Ceara rubber. See india - rubber. Hard rubber, hardened india-rubber of which solid articles are made. See ebonite and vulcanite. Para rubber. See india - rubber. - White rubber, a preparation of hard rubber colored by mixture of a white pigment. See artificial ivory, under ivory. II. a . Made of caoutchouc or india-rubber; having caoutchouc as the principal component. The feet and legs as high up as the hips [were] incased in rubber boots. Rubber coats completed the outfit. New York Tribune , Feb. 2, 1890. Rubber cement. See cement. - Rubber cloth. (a) A fabric coated with caoutchouc. (b) Caoutchouc in sheets. by dentists to keep a tooth free from saliva while it is be Rubber dam, a thin sheet of flexible caoutchouc, used ing filled. - Rubber mold, in dentistry, a vulcanite mold in which plates for artificial dentures are shaped. E. H. Knight. Rubber mop. See mop3. - Rubber mounting, in saddlery, harne -mounting in which the metal is covered with vulcanized India-rubber in imitation of leather-covered work. E. H. Knight. - Rubber stamp, an instrument for stamping by hand with ink, having words or figures cast in slightly flexible vulcanized rubber.Rubber type, a separate type cast in rubber, usually mounted on a metal body for use in stamping. rubber-file (rub'er-fil), n. square, triangular, or half-round section, used A heavy file of A device for mea for the coarsest work. rubber-gage (rubʻėr-gāj), n. suring the amount of india-rubber needed to make a given article. It is a ve el in which a model of the article is submerged in water to ascertain its displacement, which is measured by an index or read off on a scale. rubble