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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Raddle

/(răd"d'l)/ · Rad·dle · IPA /ˈɹædəl/
01 n. 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.
  1. 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. 2.
    A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Also: raddle hedge
  3. 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.
02 v. t. To interweave or twist together.
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    To interweave or twist together.
    “Raddling or working it up like basket work.” — De Foe.
03 n. A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
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    A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
04 v. t. To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.
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    To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.