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Rustic \Rus"tic\, a. [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country:
cf. F. rustique. See {Rural}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic
gods of antiquity. "Rustic lays." --Milton.
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And many a holy text around she strews,
That teach the rustic moralist to die. --Gray.
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She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth.
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2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. "A
rustic muse." --Spenser.
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3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic
dress.
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4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. --Pope.
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{Rustic moth} (Zool.), any moth belonging to {Agrotis} and
allied genera. Their larvae are called cutworms. See
{Cutworm}.

{Rustic work}.
(a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked
with grooves or channels, the face of each block
projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are
very conspicuous.
(b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for
summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees
fancifully arranged.
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Syn: Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward;
rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless;
honest. See {Rural}.
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Rustic \Rus"tic\, n.
1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude,
coarse, or dull; a clown.
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Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away.
--Pope.
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2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or
manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]
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