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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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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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Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t.
To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and
raddled old women." --Thackeray.
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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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