A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window...
"Pull over!"
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"
n. Chief monetary unit of india, pakistan, etc. [hindustani]
RURAL
adj. In, of, or suggesting the country (rural seclusion). [latin rus rur- the country]
- dean see *dean1.
- district n. Hist. Group of country parishes with an elected council.
RUSSO
comb. Form russian; russian and.
RUSTY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 rusted or affected by rust.
- stiff with age or disuse.
- (of knowledge etc.) Impaired, esp. By neglect (my french is rusty).
- rust-coloured.
- (of black clothes) discoloured by age. rustiness n.
RABBET
—n. Step-shaped channel cut along the edge or face of a length of wood etc., usu. To receive the edge or tongue of another piece. —v. (-t-) 1 join or fix with a rabbet.
- make a rabbet in. [french rab(b)at: related to *rebate1]
RABBIT
punch n. Short chop with the edge of the hand to the nape of the neck.
- —n. - a burrowing plant-eating mammal of the hare family. B us hare.
- its fur. —v. (-t-) 1 hunt rabbits.
- (often foll. By on, away) colloq. Talk pointlessly; chatter. [origin uncertain]
RABBLE
n. - disorderly crowd, mob.
- contemptible or inferior set of people.
- (prec. By the) the lower or disorderly classes of the populace. [origin uncertain]
RABIES
n. Contagious viral disease of esp. Dogs, transmissible through saliva to humans etc. And causing madness; hydrophobia. [latin: related to *rabid]
RACEME
n. Flower cluster with separate flowers attached by short stalks at equal distances along the stem. [latin racemus grape-bunch]
RACIAL
adj. - of or concerning race.
- on the grounds of or connected with difference in race. racially adv.
