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Webster 1913 Edition
Ruddle
Rud′dle
,Verb.
T.
To raddle or twist.
[Obs.]
Rud′dle
,Noun.
A riddle or sieve.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Rud′dle
,Verb.
T.
To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.
“Their ruddled cheeks.” Thackeray.
A fair sheep newly
ruddled
. Lady M. W. Montagu.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ruddle
RUD'DLE
, n.The name of a species of chalk or red earth, colored by iron.