Note: The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury departament, varies from time to time with the price silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty- two cents.
RUPELLARY
Ru"pel*la*ry, n. Etym: [From L. rupes a rock.]
Defn: Rocky. [Obs.] "This rupellary nidary." Evelyn.
RUPERT'S DROP
Ru"pert's drop`.
Defn: A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; — so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
RUPIA
Ru"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. G. (Med.)
Defn: An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
RUPIAL
Ru"pi*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to rupia.
RUPICOLA Ru*pic"o*la, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. rupes, gen. rupis, a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.)