Vocabulary : Rule to Rum

Rule : That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket. ;; Uniform or established course of things. ;; Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock. ;; Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions. ;; Conduct in general; behavior. ;; The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. ;; An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. ;; A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root. ;; A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, i
Ruled : of Rule
Ruleless : Destitute of rule; lawless.
Rule-monger : A stickler for rules; a slave of rules
Ruler : One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor. ;; A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a).
Ruling : of Rule ;; Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign. ;; Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen. ;; The act of one who rules; ruled lines. ;; A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
Rulingly : In a ruling manner; so as to rule.
Rullichies : Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.
Ruly : Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to unruly.
Rum : A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. ;; Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. ;; A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
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