Ru"ral*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruralizing (?).] To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
Ru"ral*ize, v. i. To become rural; to go into the country; to
rusticate.
Ru"ral*ly, adv. In a rural manner; as in the country.
Ru"ral*ness, n. The quality or state of being rural.
Ru*ric"o*list (?), n. [L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the country + colere to
inhabit.] An inhabitant of the country. [R.] Bailey.
Ru`ri*dec"a*nal (?), a. [L. rus, ruris the country + decanus the chief
of ten. See Dean.] Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal
district; the ruridecanal intellect. [R.]
Ru*rig"e*nous (?), a. [L. rurigena; rus, ruris, the country + genere,
gignere, to bring forth, pass., to be born.] Born in the country.
[Obs.]
Ruse (?), n. [F., fr. OF. reüser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle,
retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See
Cause, and cf. Recusant.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud;
deceit.
||Ruse de guerre (&?;) [F.], a stratagem of war.
Rush (?), n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk,
risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin
to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or
marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the
species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the
pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights.