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Webster 1913 Edition
Ruth
1.
Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
[Poetic]
“They weep for ruth.” Chaucer.
“Have ruth of the poor.” Piers Plowman.
To stir up gentle
Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
ruth
,Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
Spenser.
2.
That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.
[Obs.]
It had been hard this
ruth
for to see. Chaucer.
With wretched miseries and woeful
ruth
. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ruth
RUTH
,Noun.
1.
Mercy; pity; tenderness; sorrow for the misery of another Obs.2.
Misery; sorrow. Obs.