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y mast, a temporary mast, in place of one that has been carried away, or broken. -- Jury rudder, a rudder constructed for temporary use.

h consist principally of muscle without the fat. The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith.

The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.

In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily. Thackeray.

The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.

a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark. (b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata). -- Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot. -- Pilot jacket, a pea jacket. -- Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to pr…

A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A ruddle of rouge." Thackeray.

The ruddock. [Prov. Eng.]

The rudd.

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. Shak.

rythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

Ruddy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ruddy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.

A rudder. Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.

Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. "His rubicund face." Longfellow.

The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness. To parade your rubicundity and gray hairs. Walpole.

Red; ruddy. [Obs.] Shak.