(n): an athlete who plays baseball
(n): the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
(n): a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
(n): a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
(n): sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
(n): a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
(n): a major division of a long written composition
Pity or remorse
"Stark ruth of man his errand that him lone led till that house."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14