RADDLE
\ɹˈadə͡l], \ɹˈadəl], \ɹ_ˈa_d_əl]\
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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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To interweave or twist together.
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A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
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To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.
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A hedge or fence made with raddles; - called also raddle hedge.
By Oddity Software
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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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To interweave or twist together.
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A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
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To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle.
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A hedge or fence made with raddles; - called also raddle hedge.
By Noah Webster.
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A hedge formed by interweaving the branches of trees: a species of red earth, colored by sesquioxide of iron, used for marking sheep: a layer of raddle or other red pigment. "Some of us have more serious things to hide than a yellow cheek behind a raddle of rouge."-Thackeray.
By Daniel Lyons
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