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Webster 1913 Edition

Rut

Rut

,
Noun.
[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 oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See
Rote
.

Rut

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To cover in copulation.
Dryden.

Rut

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To make a rut or ruts in; – chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.;
as, a
rutted
road
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rut

RUT

,
Noun.
The copulation of deer.

RUT

,
Verb.
I.
To lust, as deer.

RUT

,
Noun.
[L. rota, a wheel.] The track of a wheel.

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