Defn: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
RUT Rut, n. Etym: [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. ruditus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -sp called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
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Rut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.]
Defn: To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; — said of deer, cattle, etc.
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Rut, v. t.
Defn: To cover in copulation. Dryden.
RUT
Rut, n. Etym: [variant of route.]