Definition of Ruddling

1. Verb. (present participle of ruddle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruddling

1. ruddle [v] - See also: ruddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruddling

rudderstock
rudderstocks
ruddied
ruddier
ruddies
ruddiest
ruddily
ruddiness
ruddinesses
rudding
ruddle
ruddled
ruddleman
ruddlemen
ruddles
ruddling (current term)
ruddock
ruddocks
rudds
ruddy
ruddy duck
ruddy shelduck
ruddy shelducks
ruddy turnstone
ruddying
rude(a)
rude awakening
rudeboy
rudeboys

Literary usage of Ruddling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Management and Feeding of Sheep by Thomas Shaw (1914)
"trimming the wool on sale rams; (2) trimming the feet when necessary; (3) "ruddling" the rams when they run with the ewes at the ..."

2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"When " obliging " with What Does Your Mother Say, he would " make up " to the extent oí ruddling his face, cocking his hat on <me side, sticking a short ..."

3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1893)
"... taking with it one or more subsidiary satellites, to which each acts as a subsidiary sun, so each of the five Dhyani ruddling has revolving round him a ..."

4. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"Except his ruddling, he was a very worthy character; yet his drinking and conviviality, he used to say, he left behind him at Edinburgh, where his intimacy ..."

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