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rudd1|rʌd| Forms: α. 7 rowde, 7, 9 dial. roud. β. 7–9 rud. γ. 7 rudde, 7– rudd. [app. related to rud n.1] A freshwater cyprinoid fish (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) somewhat resembling the roach; the red-eye. α1606S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 131 The Roche, Dace, Breame, Rowde doe but pingle, to the Pearche, and Pike. a1672Willughby Hist. Pisc. iv. vii. 252 Rutilus latior vel Rubellio fluviatilis,..Nostratibus a Rudd vel Roud; quibusdam locis Angliæ a Finscale. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 362 It is abundant in the broads of Norfolk, where it is called Roud. 1882C. Davies Norfolk Broads iii, The rudd, or roud as it is generally called in Norfolk, is very abundant. β1526in ‘Antiquary’ Forme of Cury (1780) 177 Fresh Sammon... Great Ruds... Baken Turbuts. 1661Walton Angler (ed. 3) xvi. 218 There is a kind of bastard small Roch..with a very forked tail..; knowing-men know their difference, call them Ruds. 1740R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xix. 54 The Rud or Finscale..is broader than a Carp, and thicker than a Bream. 1769Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 310 The Rud... This fish is found in the Charwell, near Oxford, and in the Witham in Lincolnshire. 1804Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 198 [The roach is] Much allied to the Rud, but of a shape somewhat less deep. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 251 Rud require rather a larger hook. γ1672[see α above]. 1685Ray Corresp. 29 April (1718) 180 The Rudde is the Rotele of Baltner. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Rubellus,..a name given by some authors to the common roach, and by others to the rudd or finscale. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 361 The Rudd, or Red-eye, is a very common fish in Europe. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 104 Glass Case containing Stuffed Specimen of a Rudd. 1925J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 297 The Rudd is usually deeper in the body than the Roach. 1966Studia Neophilologica XXXVIII. 130 The English name of the rudd obviously refers to the red colour of the lower fins of the fish. |