1. [v]  redden as if with a red ocher color
2. [v]  twist or braid together, interlace

RUDDLE is a 6 letter word that starts with R.

1. \Rud"dle\, v. t.
   To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
   
   

2. \Rud"dle\, n.
   A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland.
   
   

3. \Rud"dle\, n. [See {Rud}; cf. {Reddle}.] (Min.)
   A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red
   ocher.
   
   

4. \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.