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Traditional English :: rudaceous
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rudy.html - adj.
(of rock) composed of fragments of relatively large size. [L rudus rubble] |
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Traditional English :: rudbeckia
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rudy.html - n.
a composite garden plant of the genus Rudbeckia, native to N. America. [mod.L f. O. Rudbeck, Sw. botanist d. 1740] |
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Traditional English :: rudd
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rudy.html - n. (pl. same) a freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, resembling a roach and having red fins. [app. rel. to rud red colour f. OE rudu, rel. to RED] |
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Traditional English :: rudder
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rudy.html - n. 1 a a flat piece hinged vertically to the stern of a ship for steering. b a vertical aerofoil pivoted from the tailplane of an aircraft, for controlling its horizontal movement. 2 a guiding principle etc. rudderless adj. [OE rother f. WG rothra- f. the stem of ROW(2)] |
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Traditional English :: ruddle
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rudy.html - n. & v. --n. a red ochre, esp. of a kind used for marking sheep. --v.tr. mark or colour with or as with ruddle. [rel. to obs. rud: see RUDD] |
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Traditional English :: ruddock
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rudy.html - n.
dial. the robin redbreast. [OE rudduc (as RUDDLE)] |
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