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raddle |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raddle \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. G. r["a]der, r["a]del, sieve, or perhaps E. reed.] 1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence. 2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also {raddle hedge}. --Todd. 3. An instrument consisting of a woodmen bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t. To interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work --De Foe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raddle \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. {Ruddle}.] A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. ``A ruddle of rouge.'' --Thackeray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t. To mark or paint with or as with raddle. ``Whitened and raddled old women.'' --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: raddle v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: {ruddle}] 2: mark or paint with raddle From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Raddle ["On the Design of Large Distributed Systems", I.R. Forman, Proc 1st IEEE Intl Conf Comp Langs, pp.25-27 (Oct 1986)].
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