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Webster 1913 Edition
Rural
1.
Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic;
as,
. rural
scenes; a rural
prospectHere is a
He brings you figs.
rural
fellow; . . . He brings you figs.
Shakespeare
2.
Of or pertaining to agriculture;
as,
. rural
economyRural dean
. (Eccl.)
See under
– Dean
. Rural deanery
(Eccl.)
, the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Syn. – Rustic.
–
Rural
, Rustic
. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc.We turn
To where the silver Thames first
To where the silver Thames first
rural
grows. Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
rustic
virtue, by;To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rural
RU'RAL
,Adj.
Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; suiting the country, or resembling it; as rural scenes; a rural prospect; a rural situation; rural music.