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Meaning of RUDDLE

Pronunciation:  'rudl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  redden as if with a red ocher color
  2. [v]  twist or braid together, interlace
 
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 Synonyms: raddle
 
 See Also: interweave, redden, weave

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  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.
    
 

 

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