RUDDOCK

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The European robin. "The tame ruddock and the coward kite." Chaucer.

2.
n.

A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock. [Obs.] Great pieces of gold . . . red ruddocks. Florio.


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