ruddle
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verb (used with object)
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For my share of disguising, I now rubbed together some ruddle and dry soil, and the mixture gave a necessary touch of coarseness to her hands.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
He rubbed the edge with ruddle, and, placing the millstaff on the stone, turned it about on its shorter axis: where the ruddle left its red mark more pecking would be required.
From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard
The distorted gibbous disk lifted itself above the edge—red as ruddle and enlarged by the refraction: a giant coppery moon, weird and magical.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
They revolted in 363-362, but were reduced again, and the Athenians established a monopoly of the ruddle, or red earth, which was one of the most valuable products of the island.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Lemnian earth, ruddle, and very many minerals do this, and yet they are fatuously said to attract.
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
His appearance much resembled that of the inhabitants of New South Wales; he had also marks raised upon the skin, and his face was blackened and hair ruddled as is sometimes practised by them.
From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew
Even to-day those ruddled drawings can set a spell.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
I am apt to believe, that they took the first hint of their dress from a fair sheep newly ruddled.
From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady
"I'll be rid o' that ruddled sack o' lollypops now," observed Lord Dunmore, complacently.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"I know you're a ruddled old hunks," said Mount, carelessly.
From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Three hundred pistoles!" he echoed; "for ruddling the blades and risking the lives of nine of the finest swordsmen in Europe?
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
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