Ruch"ing, n. A ruche, or ruches collectively.
Ruck (?), n. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Drayton.
Ruck, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rucking.]
[Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.] To draw into wrinkles
or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.
Ruck, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. Ruck, v. t.] A wrinkle or crease in a piece
of cloth, or in needlework.
Ruck, v. i. [Cf. Dan. ruge to brood, to hatch.] To cower; to huddle
together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Gower. South.
The sheep that rouketh in the fold.
Chaucer.