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ˈrusky Sc.
Also ruskie, -key.
[ad. Gael. rusgan: see ruskin2.]
A basket for holding meal or seed-corn, made of twigs and straw; a bee-hive of straw or rushes; a coarse straw-hat.
1721Kelly Scot. Prov. 395 You are as small as the Twitter of a twin'd Rusky, a Taunt to a Maid, that would gladly be esteem'd neat, and small. 1810Thomson Poems 143 (E.D.D.), A rusky fu' o' seed. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 374 Bee-hives and ruskies..are beautifully and lightly made of rye-straw. |