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Ruddle
Pronunciation : Rud"dle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rud"dle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rud"dle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Rud; cf. Reddle.] (Min.)
Definition : Defn: A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rud"dle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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