RUSINE
Ru"sine, a. Etym: [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay rusa deer.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.
RUSK Rusk, n. Etym: [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit, rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.]
1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or a kind of sweetened biscuit.
2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores Smart.
3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
RUSMA Rus"ma, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from Turk. khyryzma a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. rusma.]
Defn: A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the
Turks. See Rhusma.
RUSS
Russ, n. sing. & pl.
1. A Russian, or the Russians. [Rare, except in poetry.]