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   Rule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruling.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L. regulare. See Rule, n., and cf. Regulate.]
   To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
   Chaucer.
   
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   A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection.
   1 Tim. iii. 2, 4.
   
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   To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
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   I think she will be ruled
   In all respects by me.
   Shak.
   
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   To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
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   That's are ruled case with the schoolmen.
   Atterbury.
   
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   (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
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   To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
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   Ruled surface (Geom.), any surface that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called also a scroll.
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   Scroll , n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. écrou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow.]
   A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
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   The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll.
   Isa. xxxiv. 4.
   
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   Here is the scroll of every man's name.
   Shak.
   
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   (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
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   A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.]
   Burrill.
   
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   (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
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   Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen. -- Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. -- Scroll saw. See under Saw.
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