Rustic moth (Zoöl.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera.
Their larvæ are called cutworms. See Cutworm. -- Rustic work. (a)
(Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or
channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that
the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses,
or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees
fancifully arranged.
Syn. -- Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough;
coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest. See Rural.
Rus"tic, n. 1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is
rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away.
Pope.
2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners;
an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]
Rus`tic*al (?), a. Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. --
Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
Rus"ti*cate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rusticating.] [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari to rusticate. See
Rustic.] To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
Rus"ti*cate, v. t. To require or compel to reside in the country; to
banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty
sees an end of her banishment.
Idler.
Rus"ti*ca`ted (?), a. (Arch.) Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work
(a), under Rustic.
Rus`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [L. rusticatio.] 1. The act of rusticating, or
the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a
student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution
for a time.