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Reddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of ruddle.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Red ochre

v. To redden.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Red chalk. See under chalk.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An earthy variety of hematite iron ore. It is fine-grained, and sufficiently compact to be cut into strips, which are used for various purposes, as for marking sheep and drawing on board. This material is found in several localities in England, and much more rarely in the United States, where it is generally called red chalk.

n. A name applied by workmen to red-lead with oil when used to smear a surface which is being scraped to a fit.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking

Word Usage

"During the interval he had shifted his position even further from hers than it had originally been, by adopting the reddle trade; though he was really in very good circumstances still."

Verb Form

reddles

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

iron ore

Variant

chalk

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ruddle raddle