raddle
raddle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd.
- 2.An instrument consisting of a woodmen bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
- 3.To interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe.
- 4.A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A ruddle of rouge." Thackeray.
- 5.To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and raddled old women." Thackeray.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd called?
- What is to interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe called?
- What is a red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A ruddle of rouge." Thackeray called?
- What is to mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and raddled old women." Thackeray called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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