Ruddle vs Rundle - What's the difference?
ruddle | rundle |
A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep
To mark something with red ochre.
To raddle or twist.
(obsolete) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
* Brian Duppa
(obsolete) A ball.
(obsolete) Something that rotates about an axis, such as a wheel or the drum of a capstan.
* Bishop Wilkins
(engineering, obsolete) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between ruddle and rundle
is that ruddle is a form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep or ruddle can be a riddle or sieve while rundle is (obsolete) a round; a step of a ladder; a rung.As a verb ruddle
is to mark something with red ochre.ruddle
English
Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* raddle * reddleDerived terms
* ruddlemanVerb
(ruddl)Synonyms
* raddle * reddleReferences
*OED 2nd edition 1989Etymology 2
rundle
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Holland)
- an axis or cylinder having a rundle about it