An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 699
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 699
A. S. _ruda_, rubor, vultus.
_To_ RUDDY, _v. n._ To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B.
Isl. _hrid_, a storm; force in general.
RUDE, _adj._ Strong, stout.
_Douglas._
RUDE, _s._ Sp.a.w.n, Ayrs.
V. ~Redd~.
_Kennedy._
RUDE, RWD, _s._ The cross.
_Douglas._
A. S. Su. G. _rod_, Germ. _rode_.
~Rude-day~, _s._ The third day of May, S. B. called the Invention of the Cross.
RUDE-GOOSE.
V. ~Rood-goose~.
_To_ RUFE, _v. n._ To rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_Chron. S. P._
~Ruff~, _s._ Rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_To_ RUFF, _v. n._ To roll a drum, S.; also _ruffle_.
_Wodrow._
Germ. _ruff-er_, to cry.
2. To give a plaudit, S.
~Ruff~, s.
1. Roll of the drum, S.
_R. Galloway._
2. Beating with the feet, as expressive of applause.
~Ruffe~, _s._ Fame, celebrity.
_G.o.dscroft._
RUFFIE, _s._ A ruffian, Ang.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _rof-wa_, to rob.
RUFFY, _s._
1. A wick clogged with tallow, Tweed.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The blaze used in fishing by night, with the lister, S. A.
Sw. _roe-lius_, a rush light.
RUFFILL, _s._ Loss, injury.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _ruyffel-en_, terere, verrere.
RUFLYT, _pret. v._ Annoyed.
_Barbour._
_To_ RUG, _v. a._
1. To pull hastily or roughly, S.