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▪ I. † rux1 Obs.—1
(See quot.)
1739Tonkin Carew's Cornwall (1811) 23 note, An account of a gentleman that..took up out of the heap of tin certain glorious corns (which they call rux), which he affirmed to be pure gold.
▪ II. rux2 Naut. slang.|rʌks|
[Origin unknown: cf. ruck v.6 and ruckus.]
Disturbance, uproar.
1918Blackw. Mag. CCIV. 68/1 Harker, who for fifteen months had haunted the shadows on the look-out for just such a ‘rux’, whose ear caught every illicit sound. 1931Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 196 The nastiest rux I ever saw, when a boy, began with ‘All hands to skylark.’ I don't hold with it. Ibid. 200 I've seen worse ruxes in my time, but a quicker breeze-up—never!
▪ III. rux
var. ruck v.6 |