Rut , v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Rut , n. [variant of route.]
A track worn by
a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Rut , v. t. To cover in copulation. Dryden.
Rut , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rutting.]
To have
a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; --
said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut (?), n. [F. rut, OF.
ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; - - so called from the noise made by
deer in rutting time.]
1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
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