† rodgen.
English regional. Obsolete.
The gadwall, Anas strepera. Cf. radge n.1
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radge1620
gadwall1666
grey1673
rodge1678
Welsh drake1844
speckle-belly1874
grey duck1885
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Rodge, a sort of Water-foul, somewhat like a Duck, but lesser.
1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Gadwall Anas strepera... Provincial. Rodge. This species of Duck appears to be extremely rare in England.
1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests (new ed.) 98 Gadwall—(Anas strepera). Rodge, Grey Duck.—A Duck which occurs in no very great numbers at any time.
1890 T. Southwell Stevenson's Birds Norfolk III. 159 (note) Hunt, also, gives the term ‘rodge’ as a provincialism in Norfolk, but it is apparently obsolete at the present time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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