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ruddle |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t. To raddle or twist. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. [See {Rud}; cf {Reddle}.] (Min.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. ``Their ruddled cheeks.'' --Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. --Lady M. W. Montagu. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ruddle v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: {raddle}] 2: redden as if with a red ocher color
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