Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rut"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rut \Rut\, v. t.
To cover in copulation. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rut
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: {groove}]
3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened
sexual arousal and activity [syn: {estrus}, {oestrus}, {heat}]
[ant: {anestrus}]
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}, {groove}]
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