RUST'ICAL, a.

1. Pertaining to the country; rural; as the rustic gods of antiquity.

2. Rude; unpolished; rough; awkward; as rustic manners or behavior.

3. Coarse; plain; simple; as rustic entertainment; rustic dress.

4. Simple; artless; unadorned.

Rustic work, in a building, is when the stones, _c., in the face of it, are hacked or pecked so as to be rough.

, n. An inhabitant of the country; a clown.