Rād'dle1, v. t.
(rād'dl), v. t. [L. Ger. reiten, reten, reien, rijen, from reit, reet, riet, ried, Eng. reed. See REED.] To interweave; to twist together. De Foe.
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Raddle
Rād'dle2, n.
n. [See supra.] 1. A long stick used in hedging.
- A hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees or shrubs;—called also r'ad-dle-hedge. Todd.
- An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, employed by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent it from becoming entangled, when it is wound upon the beam of the loom. [New England.]