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.
| α 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 131 The Roche, Dace, Breame, Rowde doe but pingle, to the Pearche, and Pike. a 1672 Willughby Hist. Pisc. iv. vii. 252 Rutilus latior vel Rubellio fluviatilis,..Nostratibus a Rudd vel Roud; quibusdam locis Angliæ a Finscale. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 362 It is abundant in the broads of Norfolk, where it is called Roud. 1882 C. Davies Norfolk Broads iii, The rudd, or roud as it is generally called in Norfolk, is very abundant. |
| β 1526 in ‘Antiquary’ Forme of Cury (1780) 177 Fresh Sammon... Great Ruds... Baken Turbuts. 1661 Walton 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. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xix. 54 The Rud or Finscale..is broader than a Carp, and thicker than a Bream. 1769 Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 310 The Rud... This fish is found in the Charwell, near Oxford, and in the Witham in Lincolnshire. 1804 Shaw 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. |
| γ 1672 [see α above]. 1685 Ray Corresp. 29 April (1718) 180 The Rudde is the Rotele of Baltner. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Rubellus,..a name given by some authors to the common roach, and by others to the rudd or finscale. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 361 The Rudd, or Red-eye, is a very common fish in Europe. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 104 Glass Case containing Stuffed Specimen of a Rudd. 1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 297 The Rudd is usually deeper in the body than the Roach. 1966 Studia Neophilologica XXXVIII. 130 The English name of the rudd obviously refers to the red colour of the lower fins of the fish. |