*rue*

n. [ F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent. ] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. congruere. See Congruous. ] To agree; to be suitable. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. congruentia: cf. OF. cornguence. ] Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Congruence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. congruens, p. pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent. ] Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Construed p. pr. & vb. n. Construing ] [ L. construere: cf. F. construire. See Construct. ] 1. To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Crewel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude. ] 1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy. Jer. vi. 22, 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cruel wars, wasting the earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was cruel. Gen. xlix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a cruel manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extremely; very. [ Colloq. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.Cruelty. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Corrupt. fr. F. écrouelles scrofula. ] Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cruelties [ OF. cruelté, F. cruauté, fr. L. crudelitas, fr. crudelis. See Cruel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cruentatus, p. p. of cruentare to make bloody, fr. cruentus bloody, fr. cruor. See Crude. ] Smeared with blood. [ Obs. ] Glanwill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cruentus. ] Bloody; cruentate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anglo-French cruet, a dim. from OF. crue, cruie; of German or Celtic origin, and akin to E. crock an earthen vessel. ] 1. A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a frame for holding cruets; a caster; a stand for cruets together with the cruets containing various condiments. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n. (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. druerie. ] Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Imbrue, Embrew. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Mining) A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grūt. See Grout. ] A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.
Syn. -- arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, exhausting, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel. [ 1913 Webster ]

, a. [ From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly. ] Ugly; frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ugly; frightful. Same as grewsome. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbureed p. pr. & vb. n. Imbureing. ] [ Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis). ] To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of imbruing or state of being imbrued. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incongruentia. ] Lack of congruence; incongruity. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incongruens. See In- not, and Congruent. ] Incongruous. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incruentus. See In- not, and Cruentous. ] Unbloody; not attended with blood; as, an incruental sacrifice. [ Obs. ] Brevint. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Morocco, a country in Northwestern Africa.
Syn. -- Morocco, Maroc. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. menstrues. See Menstruous. ] The menstrual flux; menses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Misconstrued p. pr. & vb. n. Misconstruing. ] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who misconstrues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. monter to mount. See Montoir. ] That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere. See Obstruct. ] Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais. ] 1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [ R. ] Donaldson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A German wine made near Rüdesheim, on the Rhine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hreów. See Rue, v. t. ] Sorrow; repetance. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. "ryth`; cf. AS. rūde.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster]

Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton. [1913 Webster]

They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. [1913 Webster]

Goat's rue. See under Goat. --
Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides) common in the United States. --
Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) common on walls in Europe. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rued p. pr. & vb. n. Ruing. ] [ OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hreówan; akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reuen, Icel. hryggr grieved, hrygð sorrow. √ 18. Cf. Ruth. ] 1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. Chapmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy will
Chose freely what it now so justly rues. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [ Obs. ] “God wot, it rueth me.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have compassion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God so wisly [ i. e., truly ] on my soul rue. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old year, we'll dearly rue for you. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing sorrow. “Rueful faces.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

See rewel bone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ruelle a narrow street, a lane, ruelle, fr. rue a street. ] A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] 1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Same as Sprew. [ 1913 Webster ]