Vocabulary : Ru bible to Rubbidge
Ru bible : A ribble.Rub : To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper. ;; To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. ;; To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. ;; To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. ;; To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. ;; To hinder; to cross; to thwart. ;; To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost. ;; To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. ;; To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world. ;; The act of rubbing; friction. ;; That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstructi
Ruba-dub : The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
Rubaiyat : Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.
Rubato : Robbed; borrowed.