RUPTURED
Rup"tured, a. (Med.)
Defn: Having a rupture, or hernia.
RUPTUREWORT Rup"ture*wort", n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Burstwort. (b) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
RURAL
Ru"ral, a. Etym: [F., fr. L.ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf.
Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean. — Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Syn. — Rustic. — Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitans of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. Dryden.
RURALES
Ru"ra"les, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
RURALISM
Ru"ral*ism, n.