Meaning of rudas | Babel Free

Definitions

bold; masculine; coarse

Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“But what can ail them to bury the auld carlin (a rudas wife she was) in the night time?”

“"And wherefore, sir? Are your discourses only for wrinkled carls and old rudas wives? Is there no place in your kirk for a girl?"”

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