rugine
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ɹuːˈʒiːn/
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/ɹuːˈʒiːn/ · /ˈɹuːʒiːn/
Definition of rugine
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
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noun
- An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
verb
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(transitive)To scrape or rasp (a bone etc.); to scale.
“if you do not rugine that away, the Callus will be flow in thrusting out; and if you do rugine it, the deeper you enter into it, the browner and softer the Bone will be.”
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Etymology
French ruginer (“to scrape”).
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