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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

reddle en · NOUN

Etymology

Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Red ochre, historically used to mark sheep
    • All that reddlemen do is sell reddle. You see those bags at the back of my cart? They are […] only full of red stuff. 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 87:

Forms

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reddles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

reddleman

Synonyms

raddle · ruddle

reddle en · VERB

Etymology

Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly.

Meanings

  1. To redden.
    • Reddled and waxed, the room's stone floor was set perhaps two feet below the outside ground. 1983, Samuel R. Delany, Neveryóna::

Forms

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reddling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reddled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reddled Tense=Past lexicographic
reddles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

raddle · ruddle