- (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
- (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
- (n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
- (n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Rule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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