[syn: raddle, ruddle]
2. mark or paint with raddle;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raddle \Rad"dle\ (r[a^]d"d'l), v. t.
To interweave or twist together.
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Raddling or working it up like basket work. --De Foe.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raddle \Rad"dle\ (r[a^]d"d'l), n. [Cf. Ruddle.]
A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical
processes; ruddle. "A raddle of rouge." --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t.
To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and
raddled old women." --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raddle \Rad"dle\ (r[a^]d"d'l), n. [Cf. G. r[aum]der, r[aum]del,
sieve, or perhaps E. reed.]
1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is
interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes,
in making a kind of hedge or fence.
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2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle
hedge. --Todd.
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3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of
upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep
the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it
is wound upon the beam of the loom.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
raddle
n 1: a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking [syn: ruddle,
reddle, raddle]
v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: raddle,
ruddle]
2: mark or paint with raddle
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Raddle
["On the Design of Large Distributed Systems", I.R. Forman,
Proc 1st IEEE Intl Conf Comp Langs, pp.25-27 (Oct 1986)].
(2008-07-30)