rudder port

Shipbuilding: A helm-port (q. v.). rudder-stock, s. Naut.: The main piece or broadest part of the rudder, attached to the stern posts by the rudder bands. rudder-tackle, s. Naut .: A tackle employed for operating the rudder in case its head is carried away, or for working a make-shift rudder. rudder-trunk, rudder-case, subst . A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into the helm-port. trŭddeş, subst . [Etym.doubtful; cf. A. S. rúde rue.] Botany: (1) Calendula officinal is; (2) Chrysanthe mum segetum. rud-died, adj . [Eng. ruddy ; -ed.] Made ruddy or red. rud-di-lý, adv . [Eng. ruddy ; -ly.] In a ruddy manner; with a ruddy or reddish appearance. "Many a hand's on a richer hilt, But none on a steel more ruddily gilt." Byron: Siege of Corinth , xxvi. rŭd'-di-ne , *rud-di-ne e, s. [Eng. ruddy ; -ne .] The quality or state of being ruddy; redne of complexion; that degree of redne which is characteristic of good-health. (Applied especially to the complexion or color of the human skin.) "The ruddine upon her lip is wet." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, v. 3.