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Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other
mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists. |
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Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote. |
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To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period;
-- said of deer, cattle, etc. |
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To cover in copulation. |
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A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a
groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. |
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To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past
participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road. |