Part 462

He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.

E. Everett.

3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.

4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus.

Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.

Rup"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruptured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rupturing.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

2. To produce a hernia in.

Rup"ture, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.

Rup"tured (?; 135), a. (Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.

Rup"ture*wort" (?; 135), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Burstwort. (b) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Ru"ral (?), a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.] 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 prospect.

Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs.

Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.

Rural 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 rural grows.

Thomson.

Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply.

Dryden.

||Ru*ra"les (r*r"lz), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged ||butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the ||hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.

Ru"ral*ism (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

2. A rural idiom or expression.

Ru"ral*ist, n. One who leads a rural life. Coventry.

Ru*ral"i*ty (?), n.; pl. - ties (#). [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural.

2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.

Ru"ral*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ruralizing (?).] To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.