ruddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
    raddle; reddle.
  2. verb twist or braid together, interlace
    raddle.
  3. verb redden as if with a red ocher color

WordNet

Rud"dle transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To raddle or twist. Obs.
Rud"dle noun
Definitions
  1. A riddle or sieve. Obs. Holland.
Rud"dle noun
Etymology
See Rud; cf. Reddle.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
Rud"dle transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray.
    A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Webster 1913