<B>Rugby</B> or <B>rugby, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an English game somewhat like football, played by teams of 15 or 13 men who kick or pass an oval ball to get it into the opposing team's goal. The forward pass is not allowed, and play is stopped only for penalties and injuries. </DL>
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<B>Rugby</B> or <B>rugby football,</B> <B>=Rugby.</B></DL>
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<B>Rugby League</B> or <B>rugby league,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the variety of Rugby played by teams of 13 players each. Rugby League is played by both professional and amateur teams. </DL>
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<B>Rugby Union</B> or <B>rugby union,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the variety of Rugby played by teams of 15 players each. Rugby Union is played by amateur teams, and is the best known form of Rugby. </DL>
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<B>rugged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>covered with rough edges; rough and uneven. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged ground. So onward, o'er the rugged way That runs through rocks and sand (Oliver Wendell Holmes).</I> (SYN) craggy, scraggy, furrowed. <DD><B> 2. </B>sturdy and vigorous; able to do and endure much; hardy. <BR> <I>Ex. a rugged figure in rawhide boots and coonskin cap (Winston Churchill).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>strong and irregular. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged features.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) harsh; stern; severe. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged times.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>rude; unpolished; unrefined. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged manners; ... rugged maxims hewn from life (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>stormy. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged weather.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) harsh to the ear. <BR> <I>Ex. rugged sounds.</I> (SYN) discordant. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) rough; shaggy. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the rugged Russian bear (Shakespeare).</I> adv. <B>ruggedly.</B> noun <B>ruggedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>ruggedization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of ruggedizing. <BR> <I>Ex. Part of this program is aimed at ruggedization and miniaturarization of electronic components (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>ruggedize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make (a piece of equipment) rugged enough for practical, everyday use. </DL>
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<B>Rugger</B> or <B>rugger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) Rugby. <BR> <I>Ex. I was subjected to so much compulsory chapel, rugger, battle training ... that I was too exhausted to absorb much of the excellent tuition (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
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<B>rugosa, </B>noun, or <B>rugosa rose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various hybrid roses with flowers of different colors, used mainly for shrubbery. </DL>
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<B>rugose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having rugae or wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged. <BR> <I>Ex. a rugose leaf.</I> adv. <B>rugosely.</B> </DL>
<B>rugulose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having small wrinkles; slightly rugose. </DL>
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<B>Ruhmkorff coil, =induction coil.</B></DL>
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<B>ruin, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something left after destruction, decay, or downfall, especially a building or wall that has fallen to pieces. <BR> <I>Ex. That ruin was once a famous castle. (Figurative.) A paralysis had ravaged his stately form, and left it a shaking ruin (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>very great damage; destruction; decay; overthrow. <BR> <I>Ex. The ruin of property caused by the earthquake was enormous. (Figurative.) His enemies planned the duke's ruin.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a fallen or decayed condition. <BR> <I>Ex. The house had gone to ruin from neglect.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a cause of destruction, decay, or downfall. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Gambling was his ruin.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=bankruptcy.</B> <DD><B> 6. </B>the act or process of falling or tumbling down, as of a building. <DD><B> 7. </B>the dishonor of a woman. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring to ruin; destroy; spoil. <BR> <I>Ex. The rain has spotted my new dress and ruined it. Too much smoking and drinking will ruin your health.</I> (SYN) demolish, wreck. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make bankrupt. <BR> <I>Ex. His father, a printer, has been ruined by Napoleon's suppression of the press (Edmund Wilson).</I> (SYN) impoverish. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be destroyed; come to ruin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to fall with a crash. <BR> <I>Ex. Hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven (Milton).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>ruins,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>that which is left after destruction, decay, or downfall, such as a building or wall that has fallen to pieces. </I> <I>Ex. the ruins of an ancient city.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>injuries or damage done or received. <BR> <I>Ex. Till thy father hath made good The ruins done to Malta and to us (Christopher Marlowe).</I> adj. <B>ruinable.</B> noun <B>ruiner.</B> </DL>
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<B>ruinate, </B>verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to ruin. <DD><I>adj. </I> ruined. <BR> <I>Ex. a famous city now ruinate (Milton).</I> </DL>
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<B>ruination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ruin; destruction; downfall. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Pride is the ruination of many a successful man.</I> </DL>
<B>ruinous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bringing ruin; causing destruction. <BR> <I>Ex. ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects ... there is none perhaps more perfectly ruinous than the search after new silver and gold mines. (Adam Smith).</I> (SYN) calamitous, disastrous. <DD><B> 2. </B>fallen into ruins; in ruins; ruined. <BR> <I>Ex. a building in a ruinous condition; ... a ruinous wooden fence (Hawthorne).</I> (SYN) dilapidated. <DD><B> 3. </B>of ruins; made of ruins. <BR> <I>Ex. Damacus ... shall be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1).</I> adv. <B>ruinously.</B> noun <B>ruinousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>ruins, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>ruin.</B> </DL>
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<B>rule, </B>noun, verb, <B>ruled,</B> <B>ruling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a statement of what to do and not to do; principle governing conduct, action, or arrangement; law. <BR> <I>Ex. the rules of a club, the rules of the road, the rules of grammar and spelling. Obey the rules of the game.</I> (SYN) regulation, order, precept. <DD><B> 2. </B>an order by a law court, based upon a principle of law. A special rule is limited to a particular case; a general rule regulates the procedure or decisions of a court. <DD><B> 3. </B>a set of rules or code of discipline under which a religious order lives. <BR> <I>Ex. Different kinds of monks live under different rules, such as the rule of St. Benedict.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>control; government. <BR> <I>Ex. In a democracy the people have the rule. A wife's rule should only be over her husband's house, not over his mind (John Ruskin).</I> (SYN) direction, authority, dominion, sway. <DD><B> 5. </B>the period of power of a ruler; reign. <BR> <I>Ex. The Revolutionary War took place during the rule of George III.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a regular method; thing that usually happens or is done; what is usually true. <BR> <I>Ex. Fair weather is the rule in Arizona.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>a straight strip used to measure or as a guide to drawing; ruler. <DD><B> 8. </B>a thin, type-high strip of metal, for printing a line or lines. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Obsolete.) conduct; behavior. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a rule; decide. <BR> <I>Ex. Their father ruled against television on school nights.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a formal decision. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge ruled against them.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to exercise highest authority; control; govern; manage. <BR> <I>Ex. The majority rules in a democracy. This love of life, which in our nature rules (George Crabbe). Let them obey that know not how to rule (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) direct. <DD><B> 4. </B>to prevail; be current. <BR> <I>Ex. Prices of wheat ruled high all the year.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to declare (a rule): decide (something). <BR> <I>Ex. The umpire ruled that the ball was foul.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to decide formally. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge ruled a mistrial.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to exercise highest authority over; govern; control. <BR> <I>Ex. the evil influence that rules your fortunes (Hawthorne). To rule men, we must be men (Benjamin Disraeli).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to prevail in; dominate. <BR> <I>Ex. Wit rules all his poems.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to mark with lines. <BR> <I>Ex. I used a ruler to rule the paper.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to mark off. <BR><I>expr. <B>as a rule,</B> </I>normally; generally; usually. <BR> <I>Ex. As a rule it should not take more than an hour to reach areas of natural terrain from the center of a city (Saturday Review).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>out of rule,</B> </I>contrary to practice or custom. <BR> <I>Ex. Miss Portman ... blushes for you ... when you propose that she, who is not yet a married woman, should chaperon a young lady. It is quite out of rule (Maria Edgeworth).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rule in,</B> </I>to decide in favor of; include. <BR> <I>Ex. Senator Richard Stone ... reported that an Administration witness before a Foreign Relations subcommittee "ruled out substantial military bases, but ruled in lightly manned, local facilities" (New York Times Magazine).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rule out,</B> </I>to decide against; exclude. <BR> <I>Ex. He did not rule out a possible camping trip this summer.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rules,</B> (British, Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>an area near a prison, where certain prisoners were permitted to live. </I> <I>Ex. He was permitted to live in the rules--consequently his punishment was merely nominal (The Examiner).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the freedom of such an area. <BR> <I>Ex. Any prisoner for debt may ... enjoy the rules, or liberty to walk abroad (John Entick).</I> adj. <B>rulable.</B> </DL>
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<B>rulebook, </B>noun, or <B>rule book,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a book or collection of rules. </DL>
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<B>ruled surface,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) a surface generated by the motion of a straight line so that the surface may be wholly covered by a group of lines. A cone or a cylinder is a ruled surface. </DL>
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<B>rule joint,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a joint hinging two strips together end to end, each strip turning edgeways, used especially in folding rules. </DL>
