Rue, Her. A chaplet of rue is blazoned bend-wise (see Per Bend) across the shield of Saxony. (See Crancelin.)
Ruffles. Lace frills worn over the wrists, introduced temp. Henry VIII.
Ruff and Honours. An ancient game of cards from which Whist is derived.
Fig. 596. Silesian Maiden with Ruff.
Ruffs. Large collars of lace or muslin. A fashion of the 16th century; it commenced at the end of the reign of Henry VIII. Cambrics and lawn for making ruffs were first imported under Elizabeth. For illustrations of various modifications of this fashion, see Figs. 267, 283, 304, 559, 561, 580, &c. (Consult Planché, Cycl. of Costume.)
Rugæ, Chr. The metal cancelli or screens of the more sacred parts of a church. The presbytery of St. Peter’s was fenced in with silver “rugæ,” and the confessional with rugæ of gold. (See Smith and Cheetham.)
Rullions, Scotch. Shoes made of untanned leather.
Rum-swizzle. “The name given in Dublin to a fabric made from undyed foreign wool, which, while preserving its natural property of resisting wet, possesses the qualities of common cloth.” (Simmonds’ Commercial Dict.)
Rumex, R. A weapon of similar character to the Sparum, the head of which was formed like a spear with a hook on the blade.