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ˈroddikin Sc.
Also 6 rodekein, 8 -ikin, roddickin, 9 ruddiken.
[Perh. ad. Du. or Flem. *roodeken, dim. of roode (Kilian), = read n.1]
The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal.
1599in Stirling Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans. (1902) 28 Item xij rodekeins. 1796Young's Annals Agric. XXVII. 69 An obstruction takes place, and..the stomach, called the Rodikin, is greatly inflamed. c1805Macneill Poems (1844) 88 Roasted hen, and collops plenty; And roddickins, and penches too. 1817Blackw. Mag. Dec. 302 Pray, sir, allow me to help you—I shall send you a nice piece of ruddiken. |