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ROUT E, • publi: ro.J, highway, or courfe, efpeci.dlYlhal

whit.:h miIH ,'ry ("rces

I.lke.

Th:s \Vord

alfo

uled

fur

the dc(tal .nJ

tl.gh

l o(.n "my.

R {, I1 T,

in law, is::tpplied

tO 2na(fl'mbly of perrons, going

JorcibJy

la comOlit

fome unlawful

a~t,

whl:lher

{hey

tX.:–

e\He ir or nal.

1l0VvEL . among (." iers. a kind o( itrue, m,de by drawing

a II.:.uo of

filk ,

thre.td

luir,

[h~

Jikc, lhrollgh lhe nap\!:

of Ihe

ncck.

or other p:trt

ora

horre;

aofwering to whu

in fur!!c ly 's

cótIJed

fel on.

See

FA ltR. IERV.

ROXBURGH . Ihe name o( a eO',nlY in Scodand, \Vhieh

Ilnds. one

nlt nlber

10 parli.lmenL

R OXENT

CA PE.

or R

, CK

I. jh?n,

a mountain and re–

mJrkablc promontory in

Ponuga l,

li·

ualcd

lhe

dantlc

oce.tll, :H

lh.: north

t'ntrance of lhe::

nver Tagus,

twenly–

t 'JlO

:l1i les north of L (bun.

R.OY

:\L. fOIl1<lhinS helonging to. king: Ih u, we fay, roy–

al f,m:ly,

,01'1

a(renl. roy.d exeh.nge.

&c.

It.a y."

L-o~.L

f..

fpreíldlng tree at Bofcobel, in lhe

p;¡–

ruh

Donnillgton in St.dfurdlhire. Ihe bOllgln whereof

\Verc

onc~

co..,c.:rcJ \Vith

iVYi

in Ihe thlck of ""hich king

Charles

Ir.

Cn in thee!;ty lime Wilh colonel

Ca rel~fs,

flnd 10

the night loJged in Bofeood ho ,fe: fo Ih.H Ih"y

are

mi–

H,ken Nho (peak of it

an old hollow oak, il being Ihen

gay flounlhing tree. furrounded wnh m,.¡oy more.

The

poor

r~mains

thereof are now (encld in wit h

;¡

handfo[l1e

wall,

with lhis infcriplion oyer the gate in gold-letta3 :

F.rlicijlim':"J flrbGrrlll q:Ul1JJ in afyltwt pO/(lJliJ/illli regiJ

CdTolt JI .

DtuJ op .

1II,IX.

q:J(1Il r ego

uJ{lJ:lnt,

crt!f((r~

vol"it,

&c.

HOYAL

flci<~, .

See SOC IET Y

R OYALTI ES, Ihe righ" o( the ki ng, olhenvire ealled

lhe king's prerog<itive, and lhe regaba.

Sc:e

PREROG A-

TI VE,

and REGAL IA .

R.OYEN

in bOlany,

genu, o( Ihedeeandri. digynia claf,.

The c,dix is urceolatcJ; lhe corolla confins of one pet.d.

oenl back

Ihe edge; the eapfule has one eell, and four

v.t1ve~ .

There are three fpecies, all oatives of Ihe Cape

ofGood Ilope.

ROYSTON.

a market-town, liluated in the counties of

Hmford and

Cam~ridge, Ihiny,ei~ht

otiles nonh of

L ondon.

RUflE LLlO, in iehlh)'ology. See CYP"NU'.

ltUBETA, in zoology. Se< RANA.

RURIA,

in botany. a gt:nlls of (he telrandria monogynia

ciar,. The eorolla eonr.n, o( one belf-fhaped pelal; . nd

the berry comains one feed. There are lWO Ipccies, none

111

1l.J.lives of Briuin.

RUBIG.'\L1 :\ . in

anli ~uily.

a (eaH eelebrated hy Ihe Ro–

mans, in hOAour of lht! goo Rubicus. or the óoddt!fs !tu–

higo.

cng;¡ge

thde

dcilies to preferve Ihe corn from

b(¡).!ht~

anJ nJl ldcws.

RUH1GO.

a difl.!lfe incidenl to corn, comll1only called

I>I .lo'·II'. ocing' afp« ic<ofoligh.

Se<

llLI CHT .

RUBINrNSKA, one of lhe nonhern provinec, of RuiToa,

bounded

Ihe provine!! of Dwina on lhe:: nonh, by

Sy–

ri..nes (In ¡he:: eaO, l>y Hdozero on the fouth, and

lhe

h !te cf

On('ga

on the \Ven.

nUBRIC,

in Ihe C'HloD-law, figni fics a tide Of tl.rticle in

cen.lln ancitnt law-buoks; lhus callcd becilufe wrilten,

as lhe lide3 of lhe ch"ptcrs in ou.r ancicol Blblca are, in

ud Iclters.

RU !3US, in bOlany,

~,nu',

Ibe icoC.ndri. l'QI)'gynia

el.IC

T ho c'Ilix

conr.fl

, of

r.ve

rttm, nt" .nd Ihe eoro'l.

01'

ove

petal, ; and Ihe belry hao Oll ny (oed•. T here are

fpec,es, fi\'e of lhem nJtlves of Bn lAin,

viz.

theidz–

us, or rafpberry-bufh ;

lhe

c~fil1s,

or fmall bla.mbJe ; the

flu1icofus, or COOlmun bnunble ; the faxalills, or fluoe·

bramblc

and the ehan:a:morus, or cloud-bernes .

R Ul:l Y. in n..ural hillory•• Cpocies of gem" bcing a beau ·

,i ful gc.:m of

red c¡Jlour

with

tl.n admixture o( purple.

This. in its molt pcrfeét and beHcoloured nate. is

agem

of prod1s::ious be,,¡,ul y and extreme v.tlue ; il is often four..:i

perfeélly pure and free (rom blemiO,e, Or (oulnd" bUI

much morc frequentlyeh:bafcd greatlyin il5 value by

thf m,

c:fpC"cially

the IHger fjJecimt""s.

of very great

hetrdncf9, c.qual

IIM{

of the

I~ pphire.

aod fecood ol1ly

lhe oi:lmond.

IS ,-alious in fize, but lefs

fubjtél

ti)

VJriillions

i l~

Olape th;¡,n mon o,

the

other g..!ms.

l e

uru. ll y round' very (mall, ilS mort eom"'"n (ize being e–

qu.d

Ih.. o(

dI<

he3d o( Ihe Idrgefl Con of pin,; but

il is found of fuur,

e'gh t,

or teo cíl raéls,

and

fomelimc!,

lhough very rue,

to tU/en ty, thi rty, or fony.

nCVer (OllnlJ of

::to

¡.ngu lar or cJy(lalilfo rOl Chape" out .tl–

ways

a pebble-hke figure, oftcn roundlOl , fomet imcs ob–

long anc1 l1luch

I~rger

al 'One enc1

th,lO

the olher. and

fome

(orOl

refl!l1lbliog a

pe.tr

, and is ufually Jlotttcd on

Dne

fid eo

C0l1ll1wnly is niHurdlly fu bl ight' aod pure

the hlrrace,

Reed no polilhing: 'and when

its

fi –

gure will ..dmit of being fel wi thou t cuning, il is often

\VOtO

in its rouch

Jlilt~j

and \\Iith

no other lhan

its

natlve

poliOl.

\1-le

have the true ruby on1y from lhe

EaO

Jnclies; and

the

prin~i

poI

mines of

are

the kingdom

Pcgu dnd

Ihe iQ, nd ofCeylon.

Ru uv,

in heraldr.y, denotes the red coJour whercwilh

the arms of nol>lcme!l

re blOlzoned; beioR the filme

WIIlCh ,

in the :H ms of

t~.ofe

oot nóbl<,

'called,

guJ~s .

S<e

GULES.

RUCTATION. a

venlor.ly

arir.ng

from indigen ion, .nd

difclurgin ó ¡Ifelf at the mouth wilh a very difagrecable

naife.

RUDB ECKrA, in botany. a genu,or Ihe Cyngener.. poly–

gamla fruHrane.l cI¡¡fs. The

rect:pt.acJ

is conical and pa·

leaceous; the p"ppus ha, fULlr t(,lh on its edge; and the

cfi l:x conr.!ls of .. double ro\V

C'f

fca les. There are lix

fpecies, nooe of them nati\·..:s of BritJIO.

RUDDER,

in 03vig:nion, a piece of timber turning on

hinges in the {tero of lhe lhip, and which.

oppor.ng

fomclimes one (¡de in lhe waler and fome times anolher,

turns or dl reéls tht: "e{[el ¡his way or that.

S~e

SHI ' .

RUDENT UR E. in arehileélure, Ihe hgure of " rope or

(f,dr,

fomeumes plain, CometiOles. can'ed, \\'llh which lhe

third rut uf flu tines of columns are frequc ntly tilleJ

'lp.

RU DL'\ RUS . in amiquilY, a \'elerAn glaJi" or "'ho

had

~ot

a ci.rchuge frol1l ¡he fervice.

RUDI~ I E

'TS, the

firft

prineipl<s or groonu, o( any

2ft

or fcu!oce, callcd .dfo the clements thereof.

UE, in bUlany. See R tiT A.

RU ELLI -\ .

in botan)'. a

~ellus

of ¡he did\'nlnl::l. i'\Ogio ...

fPl rmi,1c:..

f..:.

T he caJix h:,$ fi,'c

f~&menlS.

anJ lhe el)–

rul l.l is f\lhcamranul.ltl'u ; ano Ihe (lamioa are \'cry

n~:H

C.l.dl

(Ithe!. Thel<! ;' Ie.: cle· ..en fp::c.:its, none of lh:01

nJlI\,¡;S

Brit:lin .

RUFF, in

i , hlh rolo~y.

So<

PERCA.

R u~

1',

in idHhyvloS)'

Scc

TR!~CA.

RLTGEN,