Definition of "ruddle"

ruddle¹

/ˈɹʌdəl/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural ruddles
1. A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep.
2. (obsolete) Ruddiness; red coloration.
verb
third-person singular simple present ruddles, present participle ruddling, simple past and past participle ruddled
1. To mark something with red ochre.
2. To raddle or twist.

/ˈɹʌdəl/

noun
plural ruddles
1. A riddle or sieve.
  Quotations
  They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow.
  1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield
verb
third-person singular simple present ruddles, present participle ruddling, simple past and past participle ruddled
1. (transitive) To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve.