From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 oestrus of deer, cattle, and
various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which
the oestrus exists.
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2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See
Rote.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rut \Rut\, v. t.
To cover in copulation. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rut \Rut\, v. t.
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past
participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
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