ruction (rukshon)

[Prob. a dial. perversion of eruption.] A vexation or annoyance; also, a disturbance; a row or rumpus. [Slang.] rud1 (rud), n. [Also rudd; Her chekes full choise, as the chalke white, As the rose was the rud that raiked hom in. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 3048. 21. Complexion; face. His rode was reed, his eyen greye as goos. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 131. Olympias the on or able ouer all hue hyght. Rose red was hur rode , full riall of schape. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 178. 3. Red ocher; reddle for marking sheep. [Prov. Eng.] rud1t (rud), a. [An adj. use of rud1, n., or var. of red1: see rud1, n., red1, and cf. ruddy.] Red; ruddy. Sweet blushes stayn'd her rud -red cheeke, Her eyen were blacke as sloe. Percy's Reliques, p. 327. rudlt (rud), v. [ Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded. Spenser, Epithalamion, 1. 173. II. in trans. To redden. As rody as a rose roddede hus chekes. Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 108. The apple rodded from its palie greene. Chatter ton , An Excellente Balade of [Charitie. rud2 (rud), п . A dialectal va- riant of reed1 . rud3 (rud), v. t. [A var. of red3, rid3 (?).] To rub; polish. Halli well. [Prov. Eng.]