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ruddle

ruddle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
  2. 2.A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.
  3. 3.A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
  4. 4.To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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