▪ I. † ruet Obs.
Also 5 ruett; 4 ruwet, rewet, ryuet, 6 rivette.
[Of obscure origin.]
A small horn or trumpet. Also fig.
| 13.. K. Alis. 1638 (Laud MS.), A-rovme he drouȝ quyk iwys And sett a Ruet to his mouþe. Ibid. 3699 A litel ruet [v.r. ruwet] a loude he blewe. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 193 Gloten..bleuh the ronde ruwet [varr. rewet, ryuet] atte rugge-bones ende. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5987 Ector bar a litel ruet, Vnto his mouth his horn he set. c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxi, Ther beth dyueres maneres of hornes, þat is to say: buglys,..ruetes, smale forsters hornes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 313/2 A Ruett, lituus. c 1580 Jefferies Bugbears i. ii, Stope downe a low & kisse my round rivette. |
▪ II. ruet
obs. variant of rowet dial.