1. [v]  mark or paint with raddle
2. [v]  twist or braid together, interlace

1. \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.
   

2. \Rad"dle\, v. t.
   To interweave or twist together.
         Raddling or working it up like basket work. --De Foe.
   

3. \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. {Ruddle}.]
   A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical
   processes; ruddle. ``A ruddle of rouge.'' --Thackeray.
   

4. \Rad"dle\, v. t.
   To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. ``Whitened and
   raddled old women.'' --Thackeray.
   

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