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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Ruddle

/rŭd'-əl/ · Rud·dle · IPA /ˈɹʌdəl/
01 v. t. To raddle or twist.
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    To raddle or twist.[Obs.]
02 n. A riddle or sieve.
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    A riddle or sieve.[Obs.]
03 n. A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
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    A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.(Min.)
04 v. t. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.
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    To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.
    “A fair sheep newly ruddled.” — Lady M. W. Montagu.