different between raddle vs radde

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æd?l/
• Rhymes: -æd?l

Etymology 1

From a variation of reddle, ruddle. Related to red.

Noun

raddle (countable and uncountable, plural raddles)

1. A red ochre.

Synonyms

• reddle
• ruddle

Translations

Verb

raddle (third-person singular simple present raddles, present participle raddling, simple past and past participle raddled)

1. To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
2. To interweave or twist together.

   • raddling or working it up like basket work

3. To do work in a slovenly way.

Synonyms

• reddle
• ruddle

Translations

See also

• ruddy
• raddled

Etymology 2

From earlier radel, redle (noun), and ruddle (verb), perhaps a transposition of hurdle or an alteration of riddle (“curtain”).

Noun

raddle (plural raddles)

1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
2. A hedge or fence made with raddles.

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3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom.

Synonyms

• (weavers' tool): evener, niffler

Anagrams

• Aldred, ladder, larded

English

Verb

radde

1. (obsolete) past participle of read
2. (obsolete) past participle of rede

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Anagrams

• adder, dared, dread, re-add, readd

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rënt?.

Noun

radde

1. breast
2. chest

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

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Noun

radde

1. edge, side

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• radde in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland