RUDDER
\ɹˈʌdə], \ɹˈʌdə], \ɹ_ˈʌ_d_ə]\
Definitions of RUDDER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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In an aircraft, a surface the function of which is to exert a turning moment about an axis of the craft.
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A riddle or sieve.
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The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
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In an aircraft, a surface the function of which is to exert a turning moment about an axis of the craft.
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A riddle or sieve.
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The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
By Noah Webster.
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A broad, flat piece of wood or metal hinged vertically to the stern of a vessel and used for steering; a hinged or pivoted part, used to steer an aircraft.
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Rudderless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The instrument by which a ship is rowed or steered, which originally was an oar working at the stern.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The implement at the stern of a ship by which it is steered; that which guides or governs the course of anything.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In a ship, that part of a helm which consists of a piece of timber broad at the bottom where it enters the water, and which is attached to the stern-post by hinges, on which it turns; that which governs or directs the course of a ship or vessel; anything that guides or directs.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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