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Raddle
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd.
3. An instrument consisting of a woodmen 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A ruddle of rouge." Thackeray.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and raddled old women." Thackeray.