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Ruin
n.
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To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
Ruin
v. i.
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To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Ruinable
a.
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Capable of being ruined.
Ruinate
v. t.
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To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
Ruinate
v. t.
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To cause to fall; to cast down.
Ruinate
v. i.
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To fall; to tumble.
Ruinate
a.
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Involved in ruin; ruined.
Ruination
n.
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The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
Ruiner
n.
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One who, or that which, ruins.
Ruiniform
a.
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Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.
Ruinous
a.
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Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
Ruinous
a.
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Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Ruinous
a.
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Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
Rukh
n.
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The roc.
Rukh
n.
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A large bird, supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.
Rulable
a.
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That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.
Rule
a.
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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
Rule
a.
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Uniform or established course of things.
Rule
a.
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Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.
Rule
a.
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Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.
Rule
a.
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Conduct in general; behavior.
Rule
a.
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The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
Rule
a.
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An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
Rule
a.
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A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
Rule
a.
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A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
Rule
a.
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A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
Rule
a.
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A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
Rule
a.
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A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
Rule
a.
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A composing rule. See under Conposing.
Ruled
imp. & p. p.
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of Rule