RUDDLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To raddle or twist. [Obs.]

2.
n.

A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

3.
n.

A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.

4.
v.

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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