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Webster 1913 Edition
Rustic
1.
Of or pertaining to the country; rural;
“Rustic lays.” as, the
. rustic
gods of antiquityMilton.
And many a holy text around she strews,
That teach the
That teach the
rustic
moralist to die. Gray.
She had a
rustic
, woodland air. Wordsworth.
2.
Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished;
“A rustic muse.” as,
. rustic
mannersSpenser.
3.
Coarse; plain; simple;
as, a
. rustic
entertainment; rustic
dress4.
Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.
Pope.
Rustic moth
(Zool.)
, any moth belonging to
– Agrotis
and allied genera. Their larvae are called cutworms. See Cutworm
. Rustic work
. (a)
(Arch.)
Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous
. (b)
(Arch. & Woodwork)
Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged.
Syn. – Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest. See
Rural
. Rus′tic
,Noun.
1.
An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
Hence to your fields, you
rustics
! hence, away. Pope.
2.
A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
[Poetic]