Rudd, rud, n. the fish red-eye.
Rudder, rud′ėr, n. the instrument by which a ship is rowed or steered, its primitive form an oar working at the stern: that which guides anything: a bird's tail-feather.—ns. Rudd′er-band, a gearing with which the rudder is braced when the ship is at anchor; Rudd′er-brace, a strap to receive a pintle of the rudder; Rudd′er-brake, a compressor for controlling the rudder in a seaway; Rudd′er-chain, a strong chain often shackled to the after-part of a rudder to prevent its loss; Rudd′er-coat, a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water rushing in at the rudder-hole; Rudd′er-fish, the pilot-fish: the amber-fish: the barrel-fish.—adj. Rudd′erless, having no rudder.—ns. Rudd′er-post, the shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments at the other; Rudd′er-stock, the blade of the rudder, connected by hinges with the sternpost of a vessel; Rudd′er-trunk, a casing of wood fitted into the post, through which the rudder-stock is inserted; Rudd′er-wheel, a small wheel at the end of a plough helping to guide it. [A.S. róther; Ger. ruder, an oar.]
Rudder, rud′ėr, n. a riddle or sieve.—v.t. Rudd′le, to sift together: to mix, as through a sieve.
Ruddle, rud′l, v.t. to interweave: to cross-plait, as in making lattice-work. [Raddle.]
Ruddle, rud′l, n. a species of red earth, red ochre: (obs.) ruddiness.—v.t. to mark with ruddle—also Radd′le, Redd′le.—n. Rudd′leman=Reddleman. [A.S. rudu, redness—reád, red.]
Ruddoc, Ruddock, rud′uk, n. (Spens.) the redbreast: a gold coin: a kind of apple. [A.S. rudduc—rudu, redness—reád, red.]
Ruddy, rud′i (comp. Rudd′ier, superl. Rudd′iest), adj. red: of the colour of the skin in high health: rosy, glowing, bright.—v.t. to make red.—adv. Rudd′ily.—ns. Rudd′iness; Rudd′y-div′er, -duck, an American duck with wedge-shaped tail; Rudd′y-rudd′er, the long-eared sun-fish. [A.S. rudig, rudi—rudu, redness—reád, red.]
Rude, rōōd (comp. Ru′der, superl. Ru′dest), adj. crude: uncultivated: barbarous: rough: harsh: ignorant: uncivil: not smoothed: of low rank: mean: savage: brutal: ferocious: ill-bred: boorish: stormy: robust: not in good taste.—adj. Rude′-grow′ing, rough: wild.—adv. Rude′ly.—ns. Rude′ness; Rudes′by (Shak.), an uncivil fellow. [Fr.,—L. rudis, rough.]
Rudenture, rōō-den′tūr, n. the figure of a rope with which the flutings of columns are sometimes filled.—adj. Ruden′ted. [Fr.]
Ruderal, rōō′de-ral, adj. (bot.) growing in waste places or among rubbish.—n. Ruderā′tion, the act of paving with small stones and mortar. [L. rudus, rubbish.]