\Rus"tic\, a. [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country:
cf. F. rustique. See {Rural}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic
   gods of antiquity. ``Rustic lays.'' --Milton.
         And many a holy text around she strews, That teach
         the rustic moralist to die.           --Gray.
         She had a rustic, woodland air.       --Wordsworth.
2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. ``A
   rustic muse.'' --Spenser.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic
   dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. --Pope.
{Rustic moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth belonging to {Agrotis} and
   allied genera. Their larv[ae] are called cutworms. See
   {Cutworm}.
{Rustic work}.
   (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked
       with grooves or channels, the face of each block
       projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are
       very conspicuous.
   (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for
       summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees
       fancifully arranged.
Syn: Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward;
     rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless;
     honest. See {Rural}.

\Rus"tic\, n.
1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude,
   coarse, or dull; a clown.
         Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away.
                                               --Pope.
2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or
   manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]