Rucksey. Muddy, dirty, untidy, as applied to road, weather, or house.—S.W.
Rudder. (1) n. A sieve. A.S. hridder. See Riddle.—N.W. (2) v. To sift.—N.W.
Rudderish. Passionate, hasty (A.B.G.).—S.W. (Som. bord.)
Rudge. n. The space between two furrows in a ploughed field.—N. & S.W.
Rumple, v. To seduce. The full force of the word can only be given by futuere, as:—'He bin rumplin' that wench o' Bill's again laas' night.'—N.W.
*Rumpled-skein. Anything in confusion; a disagreement (A.).
Rumpum-Scrumpum. n. A rude kind of musical instrument, made of a piece of board, with an old tin tied across it as a bridge, over which the strings are strained. It is played like a banjo, or sometimes with a sort of fiddle-bow.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Rusty. See Rafty.
Ryemouse. The bat (A.B.). A form of Reremouse.—N.W.