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A rude, rustic man; a churl. The miller was a stout carl. Chaucer.

The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)

(Chæture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). -- Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.

A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson.

Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

A rude, rustic fellow.

One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.

A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude. As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd.

To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. A simple countryman that brought her figs. Shak.

A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

on of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.

piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. Longfellow.

An old fellow; an aged rustic. Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes.

One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]

A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.

A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.