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Definition of Reddle
1. Noun. A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking.
Definition of Reddle
1. n. Red chalk. See under Chalk.
Definition of Reddle
1. Noun. Red ochre ¹
2. Verb. To redden. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reddle
1. to ruddle [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: ruddle
Medical Definition of Reddle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reddle
Literary usage of Reddle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on by U. S Congress Senate. Committee on finance (1888)
"DEAR SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th
instant, and in reply to state as follows : reddle, raddle, or ruddle is a ..."
2. A Glossary of Mineralogy by Henry William Bristow (1861)
"See reddle. RED IRON FROTH, Jameson. A variety of Red Hematite, composed of
friable or slightly coherent scaly particles. It is smelted at Sahl, ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"The reddle is found in large veins, or irregular ... to be portions of the clay
lefs impregnated with iron than the reddle ; and which perhaps derived their ..."