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Ruddle

//ˈɹʌdəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A riddle or sieve.

    "They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow."

  3. 3
    a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking wordnet
  4. 4
    Ruddiness; red coloration. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To mark something with red ochre.
  2. 2
    To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. transitive
  3. 3
    redden as if with a red ocher color wordnet
  4. 4
    To raddle or twist.
  5. 5
    twist or braid together, interlace wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Variant of Ruddell.

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