Ruddle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ruddle
    n 1: a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking [syn: {ruddle},
         {reddle}, {raddle}]
    v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: {raddle},
         {ruddle}]
    2: redden as if with a red ocher color
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t.
   To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n.
   A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. [See {Rud}; cf. {Reddle}.] (Min.)
   A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red
   ocher.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t.
   To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled
   cheeks." --Thackeray.
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         A fair sheep newly ruddled.              --Lady M. W.
                                                  Montagu.
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