It was extracted from ruddle (red ochre) and limonite. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Such are the kinds of stones that cannot be melted, and realgar, and ochre, and ruddle, and sulphur, and the other things of that kind, most. From Wordnik.com. [Meteorology] Reference
Vermilion, read lead, ruddle to mark/heep, & cc. Ir Deirg. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland.] Reference
Three steps to beginning marathon training - rulk, ruddle and run. From Wordnik.com. [PanAsianBiz] Reference
Jud turn'd rahnd an gurned at th 'frunt o' th 'show wi' his faace aw ruddle. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
A kind of red and pur - ple colour made of cerufe and ruddle burnt together. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland.] Reference
I tall 'ee, gentlemen, I hain't the ram-faced, ruddle-nosed old fule yeou reckon I be. From Wordnik.com. [Traffics and Discoveries] Reference
An Jud let floy a good un, an th 'mon wi' th 'spunge had to pick th' blackeymoor up this toime an put th 'ruddle upo' his faace just at-under th'ee. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
"Your worship," replied Sancho, "had better mark it with ruddle, like the inscriptions on the walls of class rooms, that those who see it may see it plain.". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete] Reference
He rubbed the edge with ruddle, and, placing the millstaff on the stone, turned it about on its shorter axis: where the ruddle left its red mark more pecking would be required. From Wordnik.com. [Round About a Great Estate] Reference
It was extracted from ruddle (red ochre) and limonite (brown ochre or hydrous oxide of iron): both are sesquioxides (Fe2O3) which become dark when heated and change to magnetic oxide (Fe3O4). From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
I did not see the trick performed of striking the arm and making the blood issue; but it seems to me that a small sponge filled with ruddle and concealed in the striking hand, would be enough to accomplish the prodigy. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Robert-Houdin]
There are those who think that remodelled waists and new caps had better be kept to the towns; but such people, if they would follow out their own argument, would wish to see plough-boys painted with ruddle and milkmaids covered with skins. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
“Betters!” repeated the woman, “I thinks myself as good as you, since you forces me to tell my mind; and I be sartin my skin looks more wholesomer, for your face be all over patches of red stuff, like the ruddle as I puts on my bricks afore the fireplace there.”. From Wordnik.com. [Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments] Reference
Indeed, though dresses were still wholly unknown, rouge was even then extremely fashionable among French ladies, and lumps of the ruddle with which primitive woman made herself beautiful for ever are now to be discovered in the corner of the cave where she had her little prehistoric boudoir. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
Henderson got any ruddle anywhere about the farm?. From Wordnik.com. [Harvest] Reference
'simmon-tree, Tump Tompson in a tumbler-cart, roodle-oodle-oodle-oodle - ruddle-uddle-uddle-uddle -- raddle-addle-eedle -- riddle-iddle-iddle - iddle -- reedle-eedle-eedle-eedle -- p-r-r-r-rlank!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)] Reference
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