English Dictionary: ruddle | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raddle \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. G. r[84]der, r[84]del, sieve, or perhaps E. reed.] 1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence. 2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also {raddle hedge}. --Todd. 3. An instrument consisting of a woodmen 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. | |
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Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t. To interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. --De Foe. | |
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Raddle \Rad"dle\, n. [Cf. {Ruddle}.] A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. [bd]A ruddle of rouge.[b8] --Thackeray. | |
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Raddle \Rad"dle\, v. t. To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. [bd]Whitened and raddled old women.[b8] --Thackeray. | |
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Radial \Ra"di*al\, a. [Cf. F. radial. See {Radius}.] Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zo[94]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. {Radial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}. | |
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d8Radiale \[d8]Ra`di*a"le\, n.; pl. {Radialia}. [NL. See {Radial}.] 1. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man. 2. pl. (Zo[94]l.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid. | |
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Radially \Ra"di*al*ly\, adv. In a radial manner. | |
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d8Radula \[d8]Rad"u*la\, n.; pl. {Radul[91]}. [L., a scraper, fr. radere to scrape.] (Zo[94]l.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also {lingual ribbon}, and {tongue}. See {Odontophore}. | |
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Ratel \Ra"tel\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivore of the genus {Mellivora}, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also {honey badger}. Note: Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape ratel ({M. Capensis}) and the Indian ratel ({M. Indica}) are the best known. The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees. | |
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Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, n. 1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The California chim[91]ra. See {Chim[91]ra}. (b) Any fish of the genus {Macrurus}. See {Grenadier}, 2. | |
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Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, a. Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of {File}. | |
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Rattle \Rat"tle\, v. t. 1. To cause to make a ratting or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. --Shak. 3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.] 4. To scold; to rail at. --L'Estrange. {To rattle off}. (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story. (b) To rail at; to scold. [bd]She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply.[b8] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Rattle \Rat"tle\, n. 1. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum. --Prior. 2. Noisy, rapid talk. All this ado about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceit. --Hakewill. 3. An instrument with which a ratting sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattle when shaken. The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other. --Sir W. Raleigh. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope. 4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle. --Macaulay. 5. A scolding; a sharp rebuke. [Obs.] --Heylin. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a ratting sound. Note: The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and so modified in form as to make a series of loose, hollow joints. 7. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See {R[acir]le}. {To spring a rattle}, to cause it to sound. {Yellow rattle} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb ({Rhinanthus Crista-galli}), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rattle \Rat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rattling}.] [Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[91]tele a rattle, in hr[91]telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. [?] to swing, wave. Cf. {Rail} a bird.] 1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter. And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms. --Addison. 'T was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street. --Byron. | |
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Readily \Read"i*ly\, adv. 1. In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. --Chaucer. 2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. How readily we wish time spent revoked! --Cowper. | |
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Reddle \Red"dle\ (r?d"d'l), n. [From {Red}; cf. G. r[?]thel. Cf. {Ruddle}.] (Min.) Red chalk. See under {Chalk}. | |
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Redly \Red"ly\, adv. In a red manner; with redness. | |
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Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla ph[d2]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches. | |
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Redtail \Red"tail`\ (-t?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart. | |
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Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla ph[d2]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches. | |
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Redtail \Red"tail`\ (-t?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart. | |
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Retail \Re"tail\, a. Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer. | |
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Retail \Re*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retailed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Retailing}.] [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See {Retail}, n., {Tailor}, and cf. {Detail}.] 1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries. 2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] --Pope. 3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. [bd]To whom I will retail my conquest won.[b8] --Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. --Shak. | |
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Retail \Re"tail\, n. [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See {Retail}, v.] The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand. | |
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Retell \Re*tell\, v. t. To tell again. | |
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Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r[?]dels; akin to D. raadsel, G. r[84]thsel; fr. AS. r[?]dan to counsel or advise, also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. {Read}.] Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret, That solved the riddle which I had proposed. --Milton. 'T was a strange riddle of a lady. --Hudibras. | |
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Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. To explain; to solve; to unriddle. Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. --Dryden. | |
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Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter, L. cribrum, and to Gr. [?][?][?] to distinguish, separate, and G. rein clean. See {Crisis}, {Certain}.] 1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand. 2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it. | |
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Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riddling}.] 1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel. 2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot. | |
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Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. i. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. [bd]Lysander riddels very prettily.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Ritual \Rit"u*al\, a.[L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.] Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law. | |
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Ritual \Rit"u*al\, n. [Cf. F. rituel.] 1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual. 2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons. 3. A book containing the rites to be observed. | |
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Ritually \Rit"u*al*ly\, adv. By rites, or by a particular rite. | |
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Rotal \Ro"tal\, a. Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary. [R.] | |
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Rotella \Ro*tel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of rota wheel; cf. LL. rotella a little whell.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus {Rotella}, native of tropical seas. | |
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Ruddily \Rud"di*ly\, adv. In a ruddy manner. --Byron. | |
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Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t. To raddle or twist. [Obs.] | |
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Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. [See {Rud}; cf. {Reddle}.] (Min.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher. | |
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Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t. To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. [bd]Their ruddled cheeks.[b8] --Thackeray. A fair sheep newly ruddled. --Lady M. W. Montagu. | |
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--Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. --Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. --Gray. (c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. --Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. --Boyle. (d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. (e) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like. [bd]The rude Irish books.[b8] --Spenser. Rude am I in my speech. --Shak. Unblemished by my rude translation. --Dryden. Syn: Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See {Impertiment}. -- {Rude"ly}, adv. -- {Rude"ness}, n. | |
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Ruttle \Rut"tle\, n. A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. [Obs.] | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Raddle ["On the Design of Large Distributed Systems", I.R. Forman, Proc 1st IEEE Intl Conf Comp Langs, pp.25-27 (Oct 1986)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RATEL Raytheon Automatic Test Equipment Language. For analog and digital computer controlled test centres. "Automatic Testing via a Distributed Intelligence Processing System", S.J. Ring, IEEE AUTOTESTCON 77 (Nov 1977). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RDL Requirements and Development Language. ["RDL: A Language for Software Development", H.C. Heacox, SIGPLAN Notices 14(9):71-79 (Sep 1979)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RTL 1. 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RTL/1 A {real-time} language written by J.G.P. Barnes of {ICI} in 1971. It was the predecessor of {RTL/2}. ["Real Time Languages for Process Control", J.G.P. Barnes, Computer J 15(1):15-17, Feb 1972]. (1994-11-09) | |
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RTL/2 Real Time Language. A small {real-time} language based on {ALGOL 68}, with {separate compilation} designed by J.G.P. Barnes of ICI in 1972 as a successor to {RTL/1}. A program is composed of separately compilable modules called "bricks" which may be datablocks, procedures or stack. A stack is a storage area for use as a workspace by a task. The language is {block-structured} and {weakly typed}. Simple types are byte, int, frac and real. There are no {Boolean}s. Compound types may be formed from {array}s, {record}s and {ref}s (pointers). There are no user-defined types. Control statements are if-then-elseif-else-end, for-to-by-do-rep, block-endblock, switch, goto, and label variables. ["RTL/2: Design and Philosophy", J.G.P. Barnes, Hayden & Son, 1976]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Riddle (Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there called a "riddle." It was rather, however, an allegory. The word "darkly" in 1 Cor. 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek enigma; marg., "in a riddle." |