Rudded vs Rudder - What's the difference?
rudded | rudder |
(rud)
redness; blush
ruddle; red ochre
A fish, the rudd.
(label) To become red; redden.
To make red.
(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
A riddle or sieve.
(figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
* Hudibras
As a verb rudded
is (rud).As a noun rudder is
(nautical) an underwater vane used to steer a vessel the rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).rudded
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Verb
(head)rud
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Noun
(-)Verb
(rudd)- (Spenser)
See also
* ruddy (Webster 1913) ----rudder
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Noun
(wikipedia rudder) (en noun)- For rhyme the rudder is of verses.