ruthless 
See, ruthless queen, a hapless father's tears. 
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rutter 2 t (rut'er), n. [Also niftier, routtier; < 
routier, a chart, or directory of roads or 
rye-grass 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 156. 
2. Unmodified or unrestrained by pity; marked 
by unfaltering rigor; relentless; merciless: as, 
ruthless severity. 
With ruthless joy the happy hound 
Told hill and dale that Reynard's track was found. 
Couiper, Needless Alarm. 
A high morality and a true patriotism . . . must first 
be renounced before a ruthless career of selfish conquest 
can begin. E. Everett, Orations and Speeches, I. 521. were agreed uppon in general!. 
= 8yn. Unpitying, hard-hearted. Or- Oee, Diary, p. 18. (HaUiweU.) 
ruthlessly (roth'les-li), adv. [< ruthless + -Iy 2 .~\ rutter 3 (rut'er), . IX ruft, v., + -er 1 .] One 
In a ruthless manner; without pity; cruelly; that ruts, 
barbarously. 
That the Moslems did ruthlessly 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. 
courses, a road-chart, itinerary, a marine chart, 
< route, a way, road: see route 1 .'] A direction 
for the road or course, especially for a course 
by sea. 
I, Mr. Awdrian Gilbertj and John Davis, went by ap- 
pointment to Mr. Secretary to Mr. Beale his howse, where 
onely we four were secret, and we made Mr. Secretaire 
privie of the N. W. passage, and all charts and rutters 
[< ruft, v., + -erl.] 
rutterkint (rut'er-kin), n. [< rutter 1 + -kin.'} 
A diminutive of rutter 1 . 
Such a rout of regular rutterkins, some bellowing in the 
Iuire, some muttering, and another sort jetting up and 
own ! 
Confutation of N. Shaxton (1546), sig. O. vi. (Latham.) 
ruttiert (rut'i-er), n. Same as rutter^. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 409. 
ruthlessneSS (roth'les-nes), . The state or 
^T i v IT i j. UbUlClT ll'Ut l-d I* /ir kjoiLLio oio i viittwi ~ 
character of being ruthless; want of compas- ru t-time (rut'tim), n. The season of rut. Cot- 
sion; mercilessness ; insensibility to the dis- 
tresses of others. 
rutic (ro'tik), a. [< L. ruta, rue, + -ic.] Per- 
taining to or derived from rue Rutic acid, a 
Ryal or Rosc-nohle of Edward IV. Brit 
ish Museum. (Size of original.) 
adv. 
ing a rose represent- 
ed upon it. The rose- 
rytU was an English 
gold coin first coined 
by James I., and 
worth at the time 
about S7.20 or 87.90. 
On the obverse was 
the king enthroned ; 
on the reverse, a large 
double rose with the 
shield of arms in the 
center. The spur- 
ryal was an Eng- 
lish gold coin also 
first coined by James 
I., and worth at that 
time about 83.60 or 
4.00. 
2. Same as pavil- 
ion, 11. 
Obsolete forms of 
grave. 
'iTia- 
l.cLJlllli^ U\J yn uou wu ilwlli luu. JVUblU (1.U1U, H 
crystalline coloring matter found in the leaves of the 
common rue. Also called rutin. 
ruticilla (ro-ti-sil'a), n. [NL., < L. rutilus, red, 
+ dim. term, -cilia, taken to mean 'tail' (cf. 
Same as rnt- 
Lust- 
a. [< r 2 + -ish 
ful; libidinous. 
Count Rousillon, a foolish idle boy, but for all that very 
ruttish. Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 243. 
Motacilla).~\ 1. An old book-name of some ruttishness (rut'ish-nes), . The state or qual- 
small bird having a red tail, or having red on ity of being ruttish. 
the tail ; a redstart. It is the specific name of (a) ruttle (rut 1), . *. ; pret. and pp. rattled, ppr. 
the redstart of Europe, Phoenieura ruticilla, and of (b) the ruffling. [< ME. rotelen, rutelen, var. of ratelen, 
of America, Setaphaga ruticilla. See cuts under pattle . gee ratae i f C f . (J. riitteln, shake, rattle.] 
To rattle ; make a rattling sound, especially in 
breathing ; gurgle. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Then was rutlynge in Rome, and rubbynge of helmes. 
MS. Cott. Calig. A. ii. f. 111. (Halliwell.) 
When she was taken in her coffin to Dr. Petty, the pro- 
fessor of anatomy, "she was observed to breathe, and ob- 
scurely to ruttle." 
J. Ashton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 216. 
Onosma Emodi, or its root, which affords a 
gtain for woo ,j. it i s the maharanga of the 
natives. 
_,,4.4._i /L.,4./:\ r/ ,/! _L 
rutty 1 (rut i), a. [< ruti + - 
cut by wheels. 
The road was rutty. 
T^ull f\f vnta- 
t ull Ot ruts , 
C. Kowcroft. 
Buttish; lust- 
2. [cap.'] The genus of Old World redstarts, of 
which there are about 20 species. The common 
redstart is R. phcenicura. The black redstart IsR. tithys. 
Also called Phosnicura. 
Ruticillinae (r6"ti-si-li'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Ruti- 
cilla + -inse.] A subfamily of Old World syl- 
viine birds, named from the genus Ruticilla. 
rutil. . See rutile. 
Rutila (ro'ti-lii), . The amended form of Ru- ruttle (rut'i), n. [< ruttle, v. ; a var. of rattle*, 
tela. ] Battle. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
rutilant (ro'ti-lant), a. [< F. rutilant = Sp. The last agonies, the fixed eyes, and the dismal rwftfe. 
Pg. It. rutilante, < L. rutilan(t-)s, ppr. of ruti- Burnet, Sermons, p. 175. (Latham.) 
tore, be or color reddish: see mtilate.] Shin- ru tton-rOOt (rut'on-rot), n. [Prob. < Hind, 
ing; glittering. [Bare.] ratan, a jewel, gem.] An Indian dye-plant, 
Parchments coloured with this rutUant mixture. 
Evelyn, II. iv. 1. (Richardson.) 
Somehow the Abate's guardian eye 
Scintillant, rutilatit, fraternal fire 
Roving round every way, had seized the prize. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 110. 
rutilatet (ro'ti-lat), v. i. [< L. rutilatus, pp. of 
rutilare (> It. rutilare = Sp. Pg. rutilar = OF. rutty 2 (rut'i), a. [< -M< 2 + - 
rutiler, shine, glitter), be or color reddish, glow f u i. 
red, < rutilus, red, yellowish-red : see red*.] To rutty 3 (rut'i), a. An obsolete or dialectal va- 
shine ; emit rays of light. Coles, 1717. riant of rooty. Spenser. 
rutile (ro'til), n. [Also rutil; < F. rutile, shin- rutula (rut'i-la), n. Same as rotula, 1 (a), 
ing; < L. rutilus, red, yellowish-red: see ruti- rutyt, a. A 'late Middle English form of rooty, 
lant.'] One of the three forms in which tita- nvvld (ro'vid), a. [< It. ruvido, rough, rugged, 
nium dioxid occurs in nature. (See also octahe- rude, <ii.ruidus (rare), rough.] Rough. [Bare.] 
drite and brooTcite.) It crystallizes in tetragonal crys- 
tals, generally in square prisms, often in geniculated twins. 
It has a brilliant metallic-adamantine luster, and reddish- 
brown to black color. The crystals are often black by re- 
flected and deep-red by transmitted light. They are some- 
times cut for jewels. Nigrin is a black ferriferous variety, 
and sagenite a variety consisting of acicular crystals often 
penetrating transparent quartz. The latter is also called Ruyschian (ris ki-an), a. [< Ruysch (see del.) 
Vemts's-hair stone and love's-arrows. + -ia.] Pertaining to the Dutch anatomist 
rutilite (ro'ti-lit), n. [< rutile + -ite 2 .] Native R U ysch 0638-1731).-Ruyschian tunic (tunica 
oxid of titanium. Ruyschiana). Same as choriocapillaris. 
rutin (ro'tin), n. [< L. ruta, rue, + -t 2 .] Butic Ruysch's glomerule. A Malpighian corpuscle, 
acid. Ruysch's map-projection. See projection. 
rutter 1 ! (rut'er), ii. [= D. ruiter = G. renter, ruzzom, . Same as rizom. 
a trooper, horseman (partly confused with G. R, V. An abbreviation of Revised Version (of 
reiter, a rider, and ritter, knight: see reiter, the Bible). 
ritter, rider), < OF. routier, routtier, a highway- R. W. An abbreviation of (a) Right Worship- 
man, roadsman, an experienced soldier, a vet- ful; (6) Right Worthy. 
eran, < ML. ruptarius, rutariits, one of a band ryt, n. A late Middle English form of rye 1 . 
of irregular soldiers or mercenaries of the Ry. An abbreviation of railway. 
eleventh century, a trooper, < rupta, a troop, ryacolite, n. See rhyacolite. 
band, company: see rout 3 .'] 1. A trooper; a ryalt, An obsolete form of royal. 
dragoon; specifically, a mercenary horse-soldier ryal, rial 3 (ri'al), 
in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. . [A var. of roy- 
Neither shal they be accompanied wyth a garde of ruf- *.] 1. Agold coin 
felynge rutters. Bp. Bale, Image, ii. formerly current 
Like Almain rutters with their horsemen's staves. in England, first 
Marlowe, Faustus, 1. 1. coined by Edward 
True it is, a squadron of rutters, meaning pistoliers, IV., and wortli 
ought to beat a squadron of launtiers. ,,j the time 10 
Williams, Brief Discourse of War. ghim (about 
2. A dashing gallant; a man of fashion. $2.40). It was also 
Some authors have compared it to a rutter's cod-piece, called the rose-noble, 
but I like not the allusion so well by reason the tyings from its bearing a 
have no correspondence ; his mouth is allwaies mumbling, general resemblance 
as if hee wei-u at his mattens ; ami his beard is bristled to the older English 
here anil there like a sow. nobles (see noble, n,, 
Lodge, Wit's Miserie (1596). (Halliwll.) 2), and from its hav 
On passing my hand over the body . . . there was a 
ruvid feel, as if the two surfaces met with resistance, or 
as if a third body, slightly rough, like the finest sand or 
powder, lay between them. 
A. B. Granville, Spas of Germany, p. 172. 
UN. and Q., 6th ser., X. 868.) 
ryallyt, ryallichet 
royally. 
rybt, A Middle English form of rib 2 . 
rybaudt, A Middle English form of ribald. 
rychet, a. A Middle English form of rich 1 . 
ryddelt, ' A Middle English form of riddle 2 . 
ryddert, A Middle English form of ridder^. 
rydet, v. A Middle English form of ride. 
rydellet, A Middle English form of ridel 
for riddle 3 . 
rydert, An obsolete spelling of rider. 
rye 1 (ri), n. [Early mod. E. also rie; < ME. rye, 
ry, reye, ruge, < AS. ryge = OS. roggo = D. 
rogge = OHG. rocco, rocko, MHG. rogge, rocke, 
G. rocke, rocken, usually (< D.) roggen = Icel. 
rugr (orig. rugr) = Sw. rag = Dan. rug, rye, 
= OBulg. ruzM, Bulg. riizh = Serv. rzh = Bo- 
hem. Pol. rezh = Polabian rdz = Buss, rozla, = 
OPruss. rugis = Lith. rugis = Lett, rudzi, rye. 
The Finn, ruis is from OPruss. or Lith.; W. rhyg, 
rye, is appar. from E.] 1. The cereal plant Se- 
cale cereale, or its seeds. Its nativity appears to have 
been in the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian. 
Its culture has been chiefly 
in the north, and, though 
ancient, is not of the high- 
est antiquity. It bears 
more cold than any other 
grain, thrives on light and 
otherwise barren soils, and 
can be grown continuous- 
ly on the same spot. It 
is most extensively pro- 
duced in central and 
northern Europe, where 
it forms the almost exclu- 
sive breadstuff of large 
populations, furnishing 
the black bread of Ger- 
many and Russia, and the 
rye-cakes which in Sweden 
are baked twice in a year 
and preserved by drying. 
Rye is less nutritious than 
wheat, though in that re- 
spect standing next to it. 
The black bread has a sour 
taste, owing to the speedy 
acetous fermentation of 
the sugar contained in it. 
A sweet bread is also made 
from rye. The roasted 
grains have long been used 
as a substitute for coffee. 
Rye enters in Russia into 
the national drink, kvass, 
in Holland into gin, and in 
the United States it is the 
source of much whisky. 
When affected with ergot (see ergoti, 2, and spurred rye 
below) rye becomes poisonous. The young plant affords a 
useful green fodder ; the straw is valued for thatching, 
for filling mattresses, for the packing of horse-collars, etc. 
Rye is often planted with grass-seed in the United States 
as a protection during the first season, and similarly with 
pine-seeds in the Alpine region. It has spring and fall 
varieties, one of the latter being known as Wallachian ; in 
general it has less varieties than other much-cultivated 
plants. The rie of Exodus ix. 32 and Isaiah xxviil. 25 is 
probably spelt. 
2. In her., a bearing representing a stalk of 
grain with the ear bending downward, thus dis- 
tinguished from wheat, in which the ear is erect. 
3. Whisky made from rye. [Colloq., U. S.] 
Spurred rye, rye affected with ergot, causing the 
ovary to assume a spurred form. In pharmacy it is called 
secale cornutum. See ergoW, 2, and St. John's bread. 
Wild rye, a grass of the genus Elymus. 
rye 2 (ri), n. [Origin obscure.] A disease in 
hawks which causes the head to swell. Halli- 
ii-i II. 
rye 3 (ri), . [Gipsy.] A gentleman; a supe- 
rior person : as, a Rommany rye. 
rye-grass (ri'gras), n. [An altered form of ray- 
(/I'uxn, simulating rye^.~\ 1. The ray-grass, Lo- 
liu 
:. Rye (Secale cfreale). 2. The 
spike, a, a spikelet ; d, the empty 
imcs ; ' , the flowering glume ; a, 
the palet; f, one of the Iodides, 
spikt 
BBN 
the palt_. . ___ 
highly magnified. 
On Desmonds mouldering turrets slowly shake 
The trembling rif -grass and the hare-bell blue. 
Mwkle, Sir Martin, i. 
2. Lyme-grass. See Eti/iinix. Italian rye-grass. 
the variety Italicmn of the rye-grass, a meadow-grass 
