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The construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
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rustication
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Wikipedia
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Rustication is a term used at Oxford , Cambridge and Durham Universities to mean being 'sent down' or expelled temporarily, or, in more recent times, to leave temporarily for welfare and/or health reasons. The term derives from the Latin word rus , countryside, ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 the act of rusticating (intransitive verb sense) 2 the act of being rusticated (transitive verb sense) 3 (context UK military English) the process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.
WordNet
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n. the condition naturally attaching to life in the country the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner the action of retiring to and living in the country temporary dismissal of a student from a university banishment into the country
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "to reside in the country," back-formation from rustication , or else from Latin rusticationem (nominative rusticatio ) "act or fact of living in the country," noun of action from past participle stem of rusticari "live or stay in the country," from ...
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Battle of the Togati and the Town--Raff--A Night--Scene in the High-Street, Oxford--Description of the Combatants-- Attack of the Gownsmen upon the Mitre--Evolutions of the Assailants--Manoeuvres of the Proctors and Bull--Dogs-- Perilous Condition of Blackmantle and his Associates, Eglantine, Echo, and Transit--Snug Retreat of Lionise--The High-- Street after the Battle--Origin of the Argotiers, and Invention of Cant--phrases--History of the Intestine Wars and Civil Broils of Oxford, from the Time of Alfred--Origin of the late Strife--Ancient Ballad--Retreat of the Togati-- Reflections of a Freshman--Black Matins, or the Effect of late Drinking upon early Risers--Visit to Golgotha, or the Place of Sculls--Lecture from the Big--Wigs--Tom Echo receives Sentence of Rustication 246 TOWNE AND GOWNE 263 THE STAGE COACH, OR THE TRIP TO BRIGHTON.