ruddy rudder (rudirud"er)

The long-eared sunfish, Lepomis auritus: so called from the red color of the tail. [New Jersey and Delaware.] rude (röd), a. [ And I my selfe sawe a ma e of rude goulde (that is to say, such as was neuer molten), lyke vnto suche stones as are founde in the bottomes of ryuers, weighinge nyne ownces. Peter Martyr, tr. in Eden's First Books on America [(ed Arber), p. 72. Be of good comfort, prince; for you are born To set a form upon that indigest Which he hath left so shapele and so rude . Shak ., K. John, v. 7. 27. This rude plot, which blind chance (the ape Of counsel and advice) hath brought forth blind. Chapman , All Fools, i. 1. It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. Milton, Nativity, 1. 31. 2. Lacking cultivation, refinement, or elegance; clumsy; uncouth: as, rude verses; rude art. He sung, in rude harsh-sounding rhymes. Shak ., K. John, iv. 2. 150. One example may serve, till you review the Æneis in the original, unblemished by my rude translation. Dryden. rudene Young Branghton, who had been apparently awed by the presence of so fine a gentleman, was again himself, rude and familiar. Mi Burney , Evelina, xlvii 8. Marked by incivility; contrary to the requirements of courtesy: as, rude conduct; a rude remark. Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch! Shak ., T. G. of V., v. 4. 60. I'm quite ashamed - 'tis mighty rude To eat so much - but all's so good. Pope , Imit. of Horace, II. vi. 20%. 9. Rough; tempestuous; stormy: as, a rude gale; rude weather. The rude sea grew civil at her [a mermaid's] song. Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 152. The storm Of his rude misfortunes is blown over. Middle ton ( and others ), The Widow, iii. 3. The rude inclemency of wintry skies. Cowper, Truth, 1. 138. 10. Robust; sturdy; rugged; vigorous. Here and there smiled a plump rosy face enough; but the majority seemed under-sized, under-fed, utterly want. ing in grace, vigour, and what the penny-a-liners call " rude health." Kingsley, Yeast, xiii. How it disgusts when weakne , false-refined, Censures the honest rude effective strength. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 149, When people in the rudest physical health are sick of life, they go to her for the curative virtue of her smiles. S. Lanier , The English Novel, p. 55. Rude respiration. See respiration . Syn. 1. Ill-shaped, raw, uncouth, unformed. - 7 and 8. Vulgar, loutish, boorish, ill-bred, insolent, surly, churlish, gruff, brusk.-9. Harsh, inclement, violent, turbulent. rude (röd), adv. [ Then to the abbot, which that balled was, Hath Gaffray spokyn rude and bustesly. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3257. And Caledon threw by the drone, And did her whittle draw, man; And swoor fu' rude , thro' dirt and blood, To mak' it guid in law, man. Burns , American War. Rough; wild. without interest to the labored discourses of great log i rude-growing (röd'grō"ing), a. cians and Hebraists. His rude oratory roused and melted hearers who listened Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vii. With untaught rudest skill Vexing a treble from the slender strings Thin as the locust sings. ruddock. Hood , Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, st. 55. [Old slang.] In the second pocket he must have his red ruddockes ready, which he must give unto his lawier, who will not set penne to paper without them. Choise of Change (1585). ( Nares .) If one bee olde, and have silver haires on his beard, so he have golden ruddocks in his bagges, hee must bee wise and honourable. Lyly , Midas, ii. 1. The greedie Carle came there within a space That ownd the good, and saw the Pot behinde Where Ruddocks lay,. but Ruddocks could not finde, Turberville , Of Two Desperate Men. There be foure Sea-captaines. I believe they be little better then pirats, they are so flush of their rudocks . Heywood, Fair Maid of the West (Works, II. 277). 3. A kind of apple. Howell . ( Hall i well .) ruddy (rud'i), a . [ ruddy , rody , rod i , rud i , rudig , rud i , reddish, ruddy, rudu (= Icel. rot hi , redne ), red, redne , reódan (pret. pl. rud on ), make red, reád , red: see rud1 , red1 .] 1. Of a red color; reddish; inclining to red; rosy: as, a ruddy blaze; ruddy clouds; ruddy gold; ruddy cheeks. Than hadde the lady grete shame, and wax all rody , but noon ne knewe the cause. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 181. Now he [David] was ruddy , and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. 1 Sam. xvi. 12. You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. Shak ., J. C., ii. 1. 289. Like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame. Milton , P. L., ii. 889. Cowper, Task, iii. 573. His face was ruddy , his hair was gold. Tennyson, The Victim. The ruddier orange and the paler lime. 2. Glowing; cheery; bright. With the best will, no man can be twenty-five for ever. The old ruddy convictions deserted me, and, along with them, the style that fits their presentation and defence. R. L. Stevens on, Virgin i bus Puerisque, Ded. Ruddy diver. Same as ruddy duck. - Ruddy duck. See duck2.- Ruddy gold, gold so alloyed as to be reddish in color, used in the jewelry and goldsmiths' work of Cashmere and Burma. S. K. Handbook, Indian Arts. - Ruddy plover. See plover.=Syn. 1. Ruddy, Rubicund, Rosy. Ruddy indicates a fresh and healthy red upon the human skin, or, by extension, upon skies, etc. Rubicund indicates an unnatural red in the face or some part of it, as the cheeks or the nose; it is especially a ociated with high living or intemperance in drink. Rosy generally indicates a charming, blooming red: as, rosy cheeks; but it is occasionally used in a bad sense. tion. Al were it that myne a unces tres weren rude , Yet may the hye God, and so hope I, Grante me grace to lyven vertuously. Chaucer , Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 316. Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced. Ecclus. viii. 4. From a rude isle his ruder lineage came. Scott , Vision of Don Roderick, The Vision, st. 39. 4. Barbarous; uncivilized; unpolished; ignorant. The Spanyard that no we is is come from as rude and savage nations as they [the Irish]. Spenser, State of Ireland. Though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. 2 Cor. xi. 6. When men were but rude in sea-causes in regard of the great knowledge which we now haue. Hakluyt's Voyages , To the Reader. Among the rudest savages personal interests are very vaguely distinguished from the interests of others. H. Spencer , Data of Ethics, § 91. Over the seas With a crew that is neither rude nor rash. Tennyson , The Islet. 5. Having a fierce or cruel disposition; ferocious; sanguinary; savage; brutal. Whose mouth is cover'd with rude - growing briers. Shak ., Tit. And., ii. 3. 199. rudely (röd'li), adv . [ rudely , ruidly , rude liche ; rude + -ly2 .] In a rude manner. (a) Roughly; clumsily; unskilfully: as, work rudely done; an object rudely formed. Thai war full grete and rudely wroght, Bot tharfore thai forsuke tham noght, Bot sone, when thai thir nailes had, Furth thai went with hert ful glad. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 86. I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty. Shak., Rich. III., i. 1. 16. The savage who in his nocturnal prowlings guides himself by the stars has rudely cla ified these objects in their relations of position. J. Fiske , Cosmic Philos., I. 25. (b) Inelegantly; awkwardly. If yow be borne or brought vp in a rude co[u]ntrie, ye shall not chose but speake rudelie . Ascham , The Scholemaster, p. 117. (c) With offensive bluntne or roughne ; uncivilly; impolitely. Who spek i the to the in any maner place, Rudely cast nat thyn ye adowne, But with a sadde chiere loke hym in the face. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. You ne'er consider whom you shove, But rudely pre before a duke. Pope, Imit, of Horace, II. vi. 59. (d) Impetuously; fiercely; savagely. He romed, he rared, that roggede alle the erthe! So ruydly he rappyd at to ryot hym selvene! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), l. 785. They found the king's army in order to receive them, and were so rudely attacked that most of those who had penetrated into the camp were left dead upon the spot. Bruce , Source of the Nile, II. 123. Shak ., T. and C., i. 3. 115. (e) Violently; stormily; boisterously: as, the wind blew Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead. O but the John stones were wondrous rude , When the Biddes-burn ran three days blood! Lads of Wamphray (Child's Ballads, VI. 172). Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopele doom. Milton , Sonnets, i. 6. Marked by or expre ing fiercene or sav- agene ; ferocious, fierce, or cruel in quality. The werwolf ful wiztli went to him euene, With a rude roring as he him rende wold. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1851. He leide a-boute hym so grym strokes and rude that noon durste hym a-bide, but disparbled a-brode fro hym as from a wode lyon in rage. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 196. Even thy song Hath a rude martial tone, a blow in every thought! Whittier, To J. P. 7. Ill-bred; boorish; uncivil; discourteous; impolite. A rude despiser of good manners. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7.92. There was, indeed, in farle polish'd days, A time when rough rude man had naughty ways. rudely. Ther com rennynge so grete a water, so depe and brode and ther-to blakke, that com down fro the sides of the mounteynes so rudely , that ther was noon so hardy but he ther-of hadde drede. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 350. (ft) Vulgarly; broadly; coarsely. Al speke he never so rudeliche or large. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 734 rudene (röd'nes), n . [ rudene e ; rude + -ne .] The state or quality of being rude. (a) Crudene ; roughne ; clumsine . I thought he slept, and put My clouted brogues from off my feet, whose rudene Answer'd my steps too loud. Shak ., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 214. (b) Inelegance; lack of refinement or polish; uncouth ne ; awkwardne . The rudenes of common and mother tonges is no bar for wise speaking. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 111. All the antique fashions of the street were dear to him: even such as were characterized by a rudene that would naturally have annoyed his fastidious senses. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, ri Burns, Rights of Woman. (c) Humble position; rusticity; low life. rudene God hath swich favour sent hir of his grace, That it ne semed nat by lykline e That she was born and fed in rudene e . Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 341. (d) Barbarism; lack of civilization or enlightenment; ig norance. "Hermit poore" and "Chiny Chese" was all the musique we had; and yet no ordinary fiddlers get so much money as our's do here, which speaks our rudene e still. Pepys , Diary, III. 62. (e) Coarsene of manners or conduct; boorishne ; churlishne ; discourtesy; incivility. The rudene that hath appeared in me have I learned from my entertainment. Shak ., T. N., i. 5. 230. He chooses company, but not the squire's, Whose wit is rudene , whose good breeding tires. Cowper, Retirement, 1. 438. IMG:content-2573.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In biol.: (a) That which is rudimentary; that which is in its first or an early stage of development, which may or may not be continued; the beginning or foundation of any part or organ: as, the rudiment of the embryo which is inclemency. The rudene of the Winter Season kept me in for some time. Lister , Journey to Paris, p. 5. (g) Impetuosity; brunt; fiercene : as, the rudene of a conflict. The ram that batters down the wall, For the great swing and rudene of his poise, They place before his hand that made the engine. Shak., T. and C., i. 3. 207. =Syn. (a) Ruggedne . (e) Impertinence, Effrontery, etc. (see impudence ), surline , impolitene , uncouthne . rudented (rö-den′ted), a. [Accom. whose further development has been arrested or aborted. (b) That which is vestigial; a vestigial or aborted part, organ, or structure; an abortion; a vestige. =Syn. 3. Fetus, Germ, etc. See embryo. rue Rudista (rö-dis'tä), n. pl. [NL.] In De Blainville's cla ification (1825), the second order of his Acephalophora, composed of the genera Spherulites, Hippurites, Radio lites, Biros trites, and Calceola. These have been mostly referred next to the Chamidæ or to the superfamily Chamacea by most modern writers, and to the families Hippuritidæ, Radioli tidæ, and Caprinidæ. Calceola is a coralligenous zoantharian. Also called Rudistæ, Rudistes. rudistan (rö-dis'tan), a. and n. I. a. Of or relating to the Rudista. II. n. One of the Rudista .