Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 86

Rum (n.) A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Rumble (v. i.) To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.

Rumble (v. i.) To murmur; to ripple.

Rumble (n.) A noisy report; rumor.

Rumble (n.) A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.

Rumble (n.) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Rumble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.

Rumbler (n.) One who, or that which, rumbles.

Rumbling () a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.

Rumblingly (adv.) In a rumbling manner.

Rumbo (n.) Grog.

Rumbowline (n.) Same as Rombowline.

Rumen (n.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.

Rumen (n.) The cud of a ruminant.

Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

Ruminal (a.) Ruminant; ruminating.

Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Ruminant (n.) A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.

Ruminantia (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.

Ruminantly (adv.) In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.

Ruminated (imp. & p. p.) of Ruminate

Ruminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruminate

Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

Ruminate (v. i.) To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.

Ruminate (v. t.) To chew over again.

Ruminate (v. t.) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Ruminate (a.) Alt. of Ruminated

Ruminated (a.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Rumination (n.) The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

Rumination (n.) The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.

Rumination (n.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

Ruminative (a.) Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

Ruminator (n.) One who ruminates or muses; a meditator.

Rumkin (n.) A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel.

Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.

Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.

Rummaged (imp. & p. p.) of Rummage

Rummaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rummage

Rummage (v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.

Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.

Rummage (v. i.) To search a place narrowly.

Rummager (n.) One who rummages.

Rummager (n.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager.

Rummer (n.) A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.

Rummy (a.) Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

Rummies (pl. ) of Rummy

Rummy (n.) One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.

Rummy (a.) Strange; odd.

Rumney (n.) A sort of Spanish wine.

Rumor (n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

Rumor (n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.

Rumor (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise.

Rumored (imp. & p. p.) of Rumor

Rumoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rumor

Rumor (v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell.

Rumorer (n.) A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.

Rumorous (a.) Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.

Rumorous (a.) Famous; notorious.

Rumorous (a.) Murmuring.

Rump (n.) The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.

Rump (n.) The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.

Rumper (n.) A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament.

Rump-fed (a.) A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered."

Rumpled (imp. & p. p.) of Rumple

Rumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rumple

Rumple (v. t. & i.) To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

Rumple (n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.

Rumpled (a.) Wrinkled; crumpled.

Rumpless (a.) Destitute of a rump.

Rumply (a.) Rumpled.

Rumpus (n.) A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

Rumseller (n.) One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.

Ran (imp.) of Run

Run () of Run

Run (p. p.) of Run

Running (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run

Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.

Run (a.) To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.

Run (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger.

Run (a.) To steal off; to depart secretly.

Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.

Run (a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.

Run (a.) To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.

Run (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.

Run (a.) To discuss; to continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.

Run (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.

Run (a.) To creep, as serpents.

Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.

Run (a.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.

Run (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.

Run (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.

Run (a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.

Run (a.) To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

Run (a.) To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.

Run (a.) To make progress; to proceed; to pass.

Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.

Run (a.) To have a course or direction; as, a line runs east and west.

Run (a.) To be in form thus, as a combination of words.

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