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Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic] "They weep for ruth." Chaucer. "Have ruth of the poor." Piers Plowman. To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth. Spenser.

Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.

Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.

A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.

Full of ruth; as:

Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless. Their rage the hostile bands restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. Pope. -- Ruth"less*ly, adv. -- Ruth"less*ness, n.

See 4th Crowd.

Struthious.

A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

Same as Struthiones.

A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.

Struthious.

Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.

n example, mood, object of imitation, or the like. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. Mortimer.

One who loves the truth. Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson.

One who tells the truth. Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson.

Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Truth"ful*ness, n.

Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truth"less*ness, n.

Truth. [Obs. & R.] Marston.

Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.