n. [ D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of “Reynard the Fox” the bear is so called from his color. See Brown, a. ] A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Pruinose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost. ] Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Frosty; pruinose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down. ]
The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
The errors of young men are the ruin of business. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
this mortal house I'll ruin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Though he his house of polished marble build,
Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being ruined. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin. ]
I will not ruinate my f&unr_;ther's house. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
On the other side they saw that perilous rock
Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To fall; to tumble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ruinatus, p. p. ] Involved in ruin; ruined. [ 1913 Webster ]
My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. ruinatio. ] The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, ruins. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ruin + -form: cf. F. ruiniforme. ] Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin. ]
After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap. Isa. xvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
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