Ruse (?), n. [F., fr. OF.
reüser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle,
retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again +
causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
||Ruse de guerre (?) [F.], a stratagem of
war.