Definition of Riddlings

1. riddling [n] - See also: riddling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddlings

ridders
riddim
riddims
ridding
riddle
riddle canon
riddle me this
riddle stick
riddle sticks
riddled
riddlelike
riddler
riddlers
riddles
riddling
riddlings (current term)
ride a horse foaled by an acorn
ride along
ride alongs
ride away
ride cymbal
ride cymbals
ride down
ride height
ride heights
ride herd
ride herd on
ride horseback

Literary usage of Riddlings

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

1. Raiderland: All about Grey Galloway, Its Stories, Traditions, Characters by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1904)
"... KIPPFORD CHAPTER VI COLVEND "THE riddlings OF CREATION" THE Hinterland of this Paradise of cave and arch and grotto is the parish of Colvend, ..."

2. The Cupola Furnace: A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management by Edward Kirk (1903)
"Many careless molders never remove scrap from the top of molds before shaking out, and seldom throw out riddlings, until the sand heap becomes so filled ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... covered with a layer of the dry riddlings two inches thick. ... another adds to it its proportion of dry riddlings, and mixe? them carefully. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... is then levelled and covered with a layer of the dry riddlings two inches ... adds to it its proportion of dry riddlings, and mixes thent carefully. ..."

5. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"The riddlings are what remain in the sieve. The/c/i is the smallest, and tails through. 2. (Masonry.) The -null pieces broken off from stone by hammering or ..."

6. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"The riddlings remain in the sieve ; the ft U is the smallest, and falls through. 2. (Shipbuilding.) a. A rib within the inner sheathing, bolted through the ..."

7. The Manufacture of Iron, in All Its Various Branches: Including a by Frederick Overman (1854)
"The mortar used in the lining should be fire clay, mixed with some sana, or, what is better, with a little of the riddlings from the ore yard ; these ..."

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