Category:Raddle

Rad"dle, n. Etym: [cf. G. räder, rädel, 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.

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.

Raddle Rad"dle, v. t.

Defn: to interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. De foe.

Raddle Rad"dle, n. Etym: [cf. Ruddle.]

Defn: a red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical Processes; ruddle. "a ruddle of rouge." Thackeray.

Raddle Rad"dle, v. t.

Defn: to mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "whitened and Raddled old women." Thackeray.