'Raddock' definitions:
Definition of 'Raddock'
From: GCIDE
- Raddock \Rad"dock\ (r[a^]d"d[u^]k), n. (Zool.) The ruddock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'raddock'
From: GCIDE
- Ruddock \Rud"dock\, n. [AS. ruddic; cf. W. rhuddog the redbreast. [root]113. See Rud, n.] [Written also raddock.]
- 1. (Zool.) The European robin. "The tame ruddock and the coward kite." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Great pieces of gold . . . red ruddocks. --Florio. [1913 Webster]