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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUT, n. The copulation of deer.
RUT, v.i. To lust, as deer.
RUT, n. [L. rota, a wheel.] The track of a wheel.
RUTA BAGA, n. The Swedish turnip.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove]
3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus] v
1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French ruit rut, disturbance, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin rugire to roar; akin to Middle Irish rucht roar, Old Church Slavic r?žati to neigh Date: 15th century 1. an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer; broadly sexual excitement in a mammal especially when periodic 2. the period during which rut normally occurs — often used with the II. intransitive verb (rutted; rutting) Date: circa 1625 to be in or enter into a state of rut III. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Middle French route way, route Date: 1552 1. a. a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage b. a groove in which something runs c. channel, furrow 2. a usual or fixed practice; especially a monotonous routine <fall easily into a conversational rut> IV. transitive verb (rutted; rutting) Date: 1607 to make a rut in ; furrow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a deep track made by the passage of wheels. 2 an established (esp. tedious) mode of practice or procedure. --v.tr. (rutted, rutting) mark with ruts. Phrases and idioms: in a rut following a fixed (esp. tedious or dreary) pattern of behaviour that is difficult to change. Derivatives: rutty adj. Etymology: prob. f. OF rote (as ROUTE) 2. n. & v. --n. the periodic sexual excitement of a male deer, goat, ram, etc. --v.intr. (rutted, rutting) be affected with rut. Derivatives: ruttish adj. Etymology: ME f. OF rut, ruit f. L rugitus f. rugire roar

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rut 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rut Rut, v. t. To cover in copulation. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rut 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ruts) 1. If you say that someone is in a rut, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also say that someone's life or career is in a rut. I don't like being in a rut–I like to keep moving on... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu in a N [disapproval] 2. A rut is a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle. Our driver slowed up as we approached the ruts in the road. N-COUNT: oft N in n 3. see also rutted, rutting

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Track of a wheel, furrow. 2. Rote (of the sea).

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	RUT
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	VT
State	VERMONT
County	RUTLAND
County State	VT
City Name	RUTLAND
Full Name	RUTLAND STATE
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"MONTPELIER, VT 05633"
Elevation	787
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	NEW YORK
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	05
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	S
Airport Certification Type and Date	III S 11/2005
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	036
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	003
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	002
Based Helicopters	002
Base Operational Gliders	000
Based Ultralight aircraft	001
Commercial Services	001800
Air Taxi	004400
General Aviation, Local Operations	010010
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	013807
Military Aircraft Operations	000850
Latitude	43.5299069444
Longitude	-72.9496150000
State FIPS code	50
State Postal Code	VT
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	2689
Version	09

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