Ruddle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To raddle or twist. [Obs.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. "Their ruddled cheeks." Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. Lady M. W. Montagu.