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   Ruddle (?), v. t. To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
   
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   Ruddle, n. A riddle or sieve. [Obs.]  Holland.
   
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   Ruddle, n. [See Rud; cf. Reddle.] (Min.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
   
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   Ruddle, v. t. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. “Their ruddled cheeks.”  Thackeray.
   
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   A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.
   
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