Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t.
   To raddle or twist. [Obs.]

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n.
   A riddle or sieve. [Obs.] --Holland.

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, n. [See {Rud}; cf. {Reddle}.] (Min.)
   A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red
   ocher.

Ruddle \Rud"dle\, v. t.
   To mark with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge. ``Their ruddled
   cheeks.'' --Thackeray.

         A fair sheep newly ruddled.              --Lady M. W.
                                                  Montagu.

Source : WordNet®

ruddle
     n : a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking [syn: {reddle}, {raddle}]

ruddle
     v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: {raddle}]
     2: redden as if with a red ocher color