ruth
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)Synonyms: RuthBabe RuthGeorge Herman RuthSultan of Swat
- the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old TestamentSynonyms: Ruth
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others“the blind are too often objects of pity”Synonyms: commiserationpitypathos
- a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband diedSynonyms: RuthBook of Ruth
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Ruth \Ruth\ (r[udd]th), n. [From Rue, v.: cf. Icel. hrygg[eth], hryg[eth].]
1.Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. [Poetic] "They weep for ruth." --Chaucer. "Have ruth of the poor." --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
It had been hard this ruth for to see.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
With wretched miseries and woeful ruth.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
RUTH
D.A. Harrison at Newcastle University. Real-time language based on LispKit. Uses timestamps and real-time clocks.
["RUTH: A Functional Language for Real-Time Programming", D. Harrison in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987, pp.297-314].