See Also:

rustical (iou) and yaw(2) (iou)


rustical (iou)



rustical adjective & noun. arch. LME.
[Old French, or medieval Latin rusticalis RUSTIC adjective: see -ICAL.]
A. adjective.
= RUSTIC adjective 1b. LME.
Made in a plain, simple, or rough form or style; spec. made of untrimmed branches or rough timber. Cf. RUSTIC adjective 2. L15.
b. Physically strong; robust. L16-L17.
= RUSTIC adjective 1. M16.
= RUSTIC adjective 3. M16.
b. noun. = RUSTIC noun 1. M16.

yaw(2) (iou)



yaw noun2. L17.
[Back-form. from YAWS.]
= YAWS. Only attrib. and in comb. L17.
Any of the lesions characteristic of the disease yaws. M18.