Ru"di*ment, v. t. To furnish with first principles or rules; to
insrtuct in the rudiments. Gayton.
Ru`di*men"tal (?), a. Rudimentary. Addison.
Ru`di*men"ta*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. rudimentaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to
rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as,
rudimental essays.
2. (Biol.) Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of
development; embryonic.
Rud"ish (?), a. Somewhat rude. Foote.
Ru*dis"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. rudis rough.] (Paleon.) An extinct
order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous
period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.
Ru"di*ty (?), n. [L. ruditas ignorance, fr. rudis rude, illiterate.]
Rudeness; ignorance. [R.]
Rud"mas*day (?), n. [See Rood, Mass, Day.] (R.C.Ch.) Either of the
feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.
Ru*dolph"ine (?), a. Pertaining to, or designating, a set of
astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations
of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.
Rue (?), n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. &?;; cf. AS. r&?;de.] 1.
(Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a
strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in
medicine.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much
to see.
Milton.
They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense,
sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called
herb of grace.
Jer. Taylor.