RUT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~te, from Middle French ruit ~, disturbance, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin rugire to roar; akin to Middle Irish rucht roar, Old Church Slavic rŭžati to neigh Date: 15th century an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer, the period during which ~ normally occurs, II. intransitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: circa 1625 to be in or enter into a state of ~, III. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Middle French route way, route Date: 1552 1. a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage, a groove in which something runs, channel , furrow , a usual or fixed practice, IV. transitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1607 to make a ~ in ; furrow