reddle

English

Etymology

Apparently a variation of ruddle, though not certainly.

Noun

reddle (countable and uncountable, plural reddles)

1. Red ochre

Synonyms

• raddle
• ruddle

Verb

reddle (third-person singular simple present reddles, present participle reddling, simple past and past participle reddled)

1. To redden.
   • 1983, Samuel R. Delany, Neveryóna:

     Reddled and waxed, the room's stone floor was set perhaps two feet below the outside ground.

Synonyms

• raddle
• ruddle

Anagrams

• Eldred, Ledder