The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British
provinces.
Hawthorne.
7. (Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust;
affected with rust; rubiginous.
Rut (?), n. [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to
roar; - - so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.] 1.
(Physiol.) Sexual desire or œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other
mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists.