reddle
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Clay, flint, ochre of various kinds, saltpetre, alum, reddle, soapstone, plumbago, oil-stone, marble, serpentine, &c., may be enumerated among the useful minerals of less importance, which characterize that region.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Page 22, line 20. rubrica fabrili: in English ruddle or reddle.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
Red chalk or reddle is an impure earthy variety of haematite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
And I presume to say that my good three-ply carpet that mother gave me when we was married is jest reddled with moths—if they're in that closet.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
"Ay, but not after this fashion!" she retorted, striking her ebony cane on the floor and staring at him, her reddled face and huge curled wig trembling.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
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