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Ruddle   /rˈədəl/   Listen
noun
Ruddle  n.  A riddle or sieve. (Obs.)



Ruddle  n.  (Min.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.



verb
Ruddle  v. t.  To raddle or twist. (Obs.)



Ruddle  v. t.  To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." "A fair sheep newly ruddled."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ruddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the parish of..... (I thinke Calne) they digge plenty of ruddle; which is a bolus, and with which they drench their sheep and cattle for ......... and poor people use it with good successe for ...... This is a red sandy hill, tinged by {iron}, and is a soile that ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey

... parish of..... (I thinke Calne) they digge plenty of ruddle; which is a bolus, and with which they drench their sheep and cattle for ......... and poor people use it with good successe for ...... This is a red sandy hill, tinged by {iron}, and is a soile that ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey



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