English-Thai Dictionary

raddle

N สาน  ดินแดงช นิดหนึ่ง ที่ ใช้ ทำเครื่องหมาย บน ตัว แกะ  ruddle

 

raddled

ADJ ดู เหนื่อย มาก  worn du-muai-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RADDLE

v.t. To twist; to wind together. [Not in use. ]

 

RADDLE

n.[supra. ] A long stick used in hedging; also, a hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs. [I believe the two foregoing words are not used in the United States, and probably they are local. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RADDLE

Rad "dle, n. Etym: [Cf. G. räder, rädel, 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.

 

RADDLE

RADDLE Rad "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To interweave or twist together. Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe.

 

RADDLE

Rad "dle, n. Etym: [Cf. Ruddle. ]

 

Defn: A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. "A ruddle of rouge. " Thackeray.

 

RADDLE

RADDLE Rad "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. "Whitened and raddled old women. " Thackeray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

raddle

rad dle |ˈradl rædl | ▶noun another term for ruddle. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: related to red; compare with ruddle .

 

raddled

rad dled |ˈradld ˈrædld | ▶adjective (of a person or their face ) showing signs of age or fatigue: he's beginning to look quite raddled. ORIGIN from raddle in the sense ‘rouge, ’ by association with its exaggerated use in makeup.

 

Oxford Dictionary

raddle

rad ¦dle |ˈrad (ə )l | ▶noun another term for reddle. • [ count noun ] a block or stick of reddle. ▶verb [ with obj. ] colour with reddle. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: related to red; compare with ruddle .

 

raddled

rad ¦dled |ˈradld | ▶adjective 1 showing signs of age or fatigue: she's beginning to look quite raddled. 2 coloured with or as if with raddle: raddled sheep. ORIGIN Sense 1 from raddle in the sense ‘rouge ’, by association with its exaggerated use in make-up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

raddled

raddled adjective he had begun to look quite raddled: haggard, gaunt, hollow-eyed, drawn, with sunken cheeks, pinched, tired, fatigued, drained, exhausted, worn out, washed out; unwell, unhealthy, below /under par, on one's last legs; informal the worse for wear. ANTONYMS healthy.