subs. (old colloquial).—A rustic.

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  1604.  MIDDLETON, Father Hubburd’s Tales. Amongst RURALS verse is scarcely found.

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  1656.  FORD, The Sun’s Darling, ii. 1.

          Spring.  Beckon the RURALS in; the country-gray
Seldom ploughs treason.

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  TO DO A RURAL, verb. phr. (common).—To ease oneself in the open: cf. TO PLUCK A ROSE.

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