Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bird Erythacus rubecula, the robin-redbreast of Europe. See
robin - noun . A gold coin: also called
red ruddock or golden ruddock . - noun A kind of apple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European robin.
- noun obsolete A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also
red ruddock , andgolden ruddock .
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- noun obsolete The
European robin . - noun obsolete A piece of
gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English ruddok, from Old English rudduc; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Anglo-Saxon ruddic; compare Welsh rhuddog the redbreast. See rud.
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Examples
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Woodville having loft his fortune at the gaming-table, and mortgaged his eftatesto Sir George Pen ruddock, the latter dies, leaves Iiis immenfe pofTefJions to his ne - phew, and Woodville is thus placed at the mercy of the man whom he had fo injurioufly treated.
Sporting Magazine 1795
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The poifonous ruddock * fome, and fhrew-moufc boil.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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The poifonous ruddock * fome, and fhrew-moufe boil.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
sionnach commented on the word ruddock
An Old World robin (Erithacus rubecula) having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast.
May 4, 2008
dontcry commented on the word ruddock
Backing the boat into the slip...?
May 4, 2008