ruddle
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʌdəl
Etymology 1[edit]
From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum [1]. Compare to reddle and raddle.
Noun[edit]
ruddle (countable and uncountable, plural ruddles)
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Verb[edit]
ruddle (third-person singular simple present ruddles, present participle ruddling, simple past and past participle ruddled)
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References[edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ruddle (plural ruddles)
- A riddle or sieve.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Verb[edit]
ruddle (third-person singular simple present ruddles, present participle ruddling, simple past and past participle ruddled)
- (transitive) To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve.