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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking;
[syn: ruddle, reddle, raddle]


VERB (2)

1. twist or braid together, interlace;
[syn: raddle, ruddle]

2. redden as if with a red ocher color;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t. To raddle or twist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] A fair sheep newly ruddled. --Lady M. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
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