rutty

adj

1. Full of roots.

   “[…] the shoare of siluer streaming Themmes, Whose rutty Bancke, the which his Riuer hemmes, Was paynted all with variable flowers,”

   “[…] whistling reeds, that rutty Iordan laues, And with their verdure his white head embraues, To chide the windes,”

noun

Etymology: From Hindi रत्ती (rattī), literally “the seed of the plant Abrus precatorius.”

1. A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+¹⁄₂ grains.

   “[…] they immediately desired to capitulate, and sent him, by way of ransom, a perfect diamond weighing two hundred and twenty four ruttys […]”

   “1858, Henry Yule, Narrative of the Mission … to the Court of Ava, London: Smith, Elder, Appendix, “Note on Metals, Minerals, &c., of Burma,” p. 348, [Sapphires] of ten to fifteen rutties without a flaw are common, whereas a perfect ruby of that size is hardly ever seen.”