rudder, roder, rother

[A.S. ródher =a paddle, from rówan =to row; cogn. with Dut.roer; Sw. roder, ror; Dan.ror; Ger.ruder.] IMG:content-0799.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0800.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Characterized by roughne ; not nicely or deli. Naut.: A hole in the deck, through which the cately finished, smoothed, or polished; rough, head of the rudder pa es. rudder-nail, s. IMG:content-0801.png:[blocks in formation]