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R U S

55 8

tJllC('J

within lhe I'.)wcr of c:'Ich o,hcr's

attr~(1ionJ

;\nd by

t !t;1t

IIlI!:1ns

Ih~y

form a

ron

of

hard cale, wh;ch

ke('ps

COIl!i!"H!J lhe bcforcmcntioned partic!cs in th/!ir repu1fi'/c

fl.lte

i

but whcn Ihis

oU1Cr-C.l:e

is l>roke,

hy

blt'" ku g

t.(f

lhe

t"jl

cf thlo!

drofl.

lhe

raid

confinen

partid!

llave da!n

á

Iibe .I Y

10

e'\crt their for..:e, wlllch

thcy

do ¡IY

bu:fbr:g

lhe

boJy

of

th ~

drop,

and rcducing

it

to

a very

ptculi.u

form of pow(\er.

-

R u

r"

T ·

r o

Rr , • fel! lemen' belonging ' o the Hu lfol\ 's

R,

y

cOlllp,my. (jtUatcd :H

,he

bOllOOl of

,he.:

¡"Id uay, in

W.

I"'n~:.

80° ,

N.

lat. 51°,

RUP ICAPIU" in zoology. See CAPRA .

RU Pi'lA . in

hOl IOy .

~

gcnus

oC

(he tetrandria tetf<lRynia

el.,"fs.

It

h:ls

n\!Hher c11ix

r.or

cOl'olld

j

bU l

f{)m

pedí –

cled

f~c,js .

'fhc:re is one fpccil!s,

VIZ.

lhe: manna, or

f~~ .grars.

R UPTU RE , in furgery . See SURCERY .

RUR t\L, or RU STl c, in general, denotes romething that

reb.es

to the

country .

RU SCUS.

BUT C H ER'S BR.QOM,

in

botttny. a plant

orlhe

dia:ciíl

fyngenditl

clafs. The calix of rhe maJe confiUs

of tix

I~a\"es;

it

has no corolla ; lhe neétanum is

ceno

tral, oval, and pcr(orated

;\1

lhe tOP:

The cahx, corol·

h., and neéhrium of

the remaJe

are

the Cune wlth ,hofe

of the mide ;

it

h:¡¡s one

nylus ;

and lhe berry has

Ih:te

ccll~ .

and

tv.'O

reeds.

Thcre are

n\'e

fptcil!s. only one

of ("cm,

vi:; .

lhe aculeatus, knee-holly, or butcher's–

broom, a nati"e

oC

Gritain.

R U. H, in botany. Se< J UNC "'.

R USS I¡\, or Mus covv , a

Idr~e

emp:re, eomprehcnding

a

v.dl

extcnt of country. in

Ihe

maH northcrly

pan s

of

Europe , nd Ar.., from

24°

to

130°,

E . 10hg. and be·

{\Veco

45°

and 7:° N . lat.

Its capital ciues are 'f\.1ofcow and Peter(burg.

RUST

01.111<1.1,

.he flo\Y", or c,lx thereol, procured by

cor.rod ¡n~

and

d:ffoivin~

its (u;>erfici:.1

p.Hts

by

fome

men·

Hruum. "Vater

is

lhe

great inU ruO\cnt or agent in pro·

ducing run- : ."nd hence 01ls, and other fate y bodies, fe·

cure meta ls (rom run; w.ter being no mt:nflluum to oil,

Ó c.

and therefore

nOI

able tO make its way through iI.

AH ntctals ore Jiable to run, even gold itfelf, if . ,,–

pofed to .he fumes of rea_falt.

RUSTIC,

in architeélure, implics a manner of builcling io

imitation o( nalure, rather

than accordlOg

tO

tn'~

rules

of

art o

See ARc HIT ECTURE.

RU STI"C W OR K,

is wher'e rhe f10Tles in the (ace,

Oc.

ora

bnilJing. inllc.d of bcing fm ooth, are hatch<d, or pick.

·~d

with the

point

of a hamOle'r.

RUSTRE, in heralJry, a be.ring of a rliamond·n"pe,

R Z E

picrccd

thro\1~h

in Ihe

middlc

witl!

:l

rr.und hel:.

S~e

PI"e

CXL\·jl.

"g.

12 .

R U

r,

in hUllIing,

the v.ncry or copuladon of

dcer.

RUTA, in

bOt2ny~

a genus of the occílndria

mo.lo

~ynia

eI"fs. T hc

1.:¡¡lix hAS

fin

fegOlCntl : (he petáis

are

con·

c~vc ;

tht.:

g~rOlcn

is lurroundc:.i

lJy

ten Oidhferous ports ;

tl.nJ

the c

:lprule.ls

It·bocd .

Therc

are

thret fpccies, none

ot them nillivt's (11 HI/\flln.

Thc dned herh is much ured in medicine,

by

wa)' of

inCuiinn; bcing efleemed an excelJent

;tlexiph,l rmi~

and

ccph,dfc, and acc(if'dingly prefcribed in the fm"lI .pox,

me.. Oc", and

hylleric

::Ind

n( fVOUS

cales;

as

2.1(0

in peri·

poeumunics and

pleufl~es,

tO

IIre-ngthen the Homach

J

aad

ti) prevent the rClurn of hahitu:w coJics .

C lJal

R UE .

in

botan)'.

St"e

GALE G A..

M UT'/(i'lt:

RU E

See

T HA LI·CT RUM.

¡,¡/JIJ

Rul.

Seco

AO IA:'¡TUM .

Oo.k

'1

RUTH, a e.noOlcal bQok of the Old Tellament,

bc. ing a killd

oC

appt'ndix to the book of Judges, and an

introJuéhon

tO

thule

of SlmueJ;

and

havlng

its

t¡tle

from the perron whofe (lory is herc

principa~ly

rt htcd.

In

IhlS

nory

are

obr(fv~ble

the

ancient

ri¡;hts

of kindred

and redcmption, and

the

Olanner of buying

the inhentdnCe

oC

th..:- .dc:-c.lred, with other particu}¡,¡.rs of great

Dote

and

antl<"\lllty.

,

RUTrJ

YN,

a market-lOwn of Denbighlhire, eight miles

routh.e.lt

of D enbigh.

RUTI CIL LA, in ornidlOlogy. See MOSCUAPA.

RUTILU". In ich.hyology. See CVPRlsus.

RUTLAN D, the

le.a

county in England, bounded by

L incolll{hire on lhe nonh-eall,

by NorthdmptOnlhire

on the louth .e.n, and by L eicelle,lhir< on the \Yen ana

rJorth. weH.

R

rE ,

in bo••ny. See SECA LE.

R

YE,

in gtography, a

borou~h

and port town of

SufTex,

r. .u"ed on a bay o( the Enghlh CI..nnel, úx.y n\lles

fomh·can

of LondoD .

It

fends

t\YO

members

tO

parlia.

Olcnt

RYNCHOPS, in ornithology, a genus bdonging to the

olda

ut an(eres. The bcak is ltrait, the

luperior

Olan·

d.lble

being

much

rhorter

thJn the inferio r, which

15

trun·

ca' (d at the

poi nt.

'fhe fpccies are

tWO,

viz.

{he

nigra

and Cu lva, both natives of America.

RYI' EN, a

city

and po·t-.own of j utland, in D eDmork:

E lung.

N laI

55° 30'.

RY SWICK, a "n,

" .II.~e

m

HolI,nd, between the H'gue

anct Del(t, where .the

pt'CI..:.t!

In

1697

\Vd

concluded .

RZCJ:.ZIC.'\, a city of Lithu.nia , in POI'Dd , Gtumd OD

the ,iver Ni' per, E . long.

300,

N. laI.

n°.

s.

S A R

S ARA, one orille C"ibbee iOands, fllbjeé\ to the D otch:

\ '1.

long. 6)0, N . 1"

18°.

S ABJEAN::>, in "h"re" hillory, a f, él of idolaters, mueh

. .ancienlcr than lhe ] C\vllh

I:tw.

S A B

ln lhe carJy aees o( 1he ",'orld,

idolatry

was

di\'iJed

betwren

t\YO

r~fts

;

lhe wor(h;ppcrs of

imag~s,

called

Sa·

b.t::ans, or Sabidos;

and

lhe wornlippers of Jire, c.llleJ

nl.lgl.

Sce

l\lAGI.

T ilc