in Navigation, a piece of timber turning on hinges in the stern of the ship, and which, opposing sometimes one side in the water and sometimes another, turns or directs the vessel this way or that. See the article SHIP-BUILDING.

RUDGELEY, a market-town in the county of Stafford, of the hundred of Cuttlestone, 181 miles from London, and seven from Lichfield. It is a well-built place, and contains many manufacturers of hats and of other articles; and being, by means of canals, favoured with water communication with the whole of the interior of the kingdom, has considerable trade. There is a good market, which is held on Tuesday. The population amounted in 1801 to 2030, in 1811 to 2213, in 1821 to 2677, and in 1831 to 3165.

RUDOLSTADT, a city, the capital of the principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, in Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, over which there is a stone bridge. It is surrounded with walls, is well built and paved, and contains the palace of the prince, two churches, a theological seminary, and two hospitals, with 550 houses, and 4160 inhabitants, who subsist by the expenditure of the government and the college, by making woollen goods, and by breweries and distilleries. Long. 11. 15. 15. E. Lat. 50. 43. 51. N.