Raddle vs Maddle - What's the difference?
raddle | maddle |
To mark with raddle; to daub something red.
To interweave or twist together.
* Daniel Defoe
A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
A hedge or fence made with raddles.
An instrument consisting of a wooden 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.
To be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.
To craze; confuse in mind; bewilder; masker.
As verbs the difference between raddle and maddle
is that raddle is to mark with raddle; to daub something red while maddle is to be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.As a noun raddle
is a red ochre or raddle can be a long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, interwoven with others between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.raddle
English
Etymology 1
Related to red. (en)Synonyms
* reddle * ruddleVerb
(raddl)- Raddling or working it up like basket work.
Synonyms
* reddle * ruddleSee also
* ruddyEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) word for "sieve", or perhaps English reed.Noun
(en noun)- (Todd)