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noun

Ruth n.

Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. (Poetic) "They weep for ruth." "Have ruth of the poor." "To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth."

That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. (Obs.) "It had been hard this ruth for to see." "With wretched miseries and woeful ruth."

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Etymology of 'Ruth'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ruth" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the Protestants after so many reports had reached Louis XIV. of their entire "conversion," induced him to take more active measures for their suppression. He appointed Marshal Saint-Ruth commander of the district—a man who was a stranger to mercy, who breathed only carnage, and who, because of his ferocity, was known as "The Scourge ...

— The Huguenots in France • Samuel Smiles

... fame, Though once they would have joyed my carnal sense: I shudder not to bear a hated name, Wanting all wealth, myself my sole defence. But give me, Lord, eyes to behold the truth; A seeing sense that knows the eternal right; A heart with pity filled, and gentlest ruth; A manly faith that makes all darkness light: Give me the power to labor for mankind; Make me the mouth of such as cannot speak; Eyes let me be to groping men, and blind; A conscience to the base; and to the weak Let me be hands and feet; and to the foolish, mind; And lead still ...

— The World's Best Poetry Volume IV. • Bliss Carman

... picture came. And there would be the feel of his cheek, prickly against theirs; and the old names with the old glamour—to Gratian, Joshua, Daniel, Mordecai, Peter; to Noel Absalom because of his hair, and Haman because she liked the sound, and Ruth because she was pretty and John because he leaned on Jesus' breast. Neither of them cared for Job or David, and Elijah and Elisha they detested because they hated the name Eliza. And later days by firelight in the drawing-room, roasting ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... pause and learn my name. I know not love, nor hate, nor ruth. I am that heart of frost and flame That knows but one ...

— Memoirs of Life and Literature • W. H. Mallock

... with a glance at the unused chair,—"it's the difference between full and empty. 'I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty', Ruth's mother-in-law said." ...

— Nobody • Susan Warner

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