rudder wheel (ruderhwel)

In agri., a small wheel sometimes placed at the rear end of a plow to bear part of the weight and to aid in steering or guiding the plow. ruddied (rud'id), a. [ Scott. Shak ., A. and C., iii. 10. 3. ruddily (rud'i-li), adv . In a ruddy manner; 2. That which guides or governs the course. For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses. S. Butler, Hudibras, I. i. 463. 3t. A kind of paddle to stir with. A rudder or instrument to stirre the meash fat with, motaculum. Withals' Dict . (ed. 1608), p. 173. ( Nares .) 4. A bird's tail-feather; a rectrix: as, "rec trices, rudders, or true tail-feathers," Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 115. - Chocks of the rudder. See chock4. Equipoise-rudder. Same as balance rudder. with a reddish appearance. Imp. Dict. ruddine (rud'i-nes), n. The state of being ruddy; redne ; rosine ; especially, that degree of redne of complexion which denotes good health: as, the ruddine of the cheeks or lips. The ruddine upon her lip is wet. Shak., W. T., v. 3. 81.