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ruddle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌdəl/

Etymology

From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Ruddiness; red coloration.

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Deriveds

ruddleman · Lemnian ruddle

Synonyms

raddle · reddle

ruddle en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌdəl/

Etymology

From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle.

Meanings

1. To mark something with red ochre.
2. To raddle or twist.

Forms

Synonyms

raddle · reddle · twine · interlace · raddle · braid · intertwist · lace · entwist · intertwine · redden · betwine · ruddle · interthread · interweave · raddle · twist · entwine · interweave · interlace · lock

ruddle en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌdəl/

Meanings

1. A riddle or sieve.
   • They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow. 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC:

Forms

ruddle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌdəl/

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve.

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