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rustic
1. (of masonry) having a rusticated finish
2. brick or stone having a rough finish
rustic
1. Descriptive of rough, hand-dressed building stone, intentionally laid with high relief; used in modest structures of rural character.
2. A grade of building limestone, characterized by coarse texture.
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I doubt whether Eustace did not internally pronounce the whole thing a bore, until I led him to my predecessor's little ruined, rustic summer house, midway on the hillside.
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The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him.
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The egregious rustic put to death A bull by stopping of its breath: Disposed the carcass in a shed With fragrant herbs and branches spread.
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