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riddling
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Riddling
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled (r[i^]d"d'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling (r[i^]d"dl[i^]ng).]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
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2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
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Riddling
(gcide) | Riddling \Rid"dling\, a.
Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
"Riddling triplets." --Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv.
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Riddling
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled (r[i^]d"d'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling (r[i^]d"dl[i^]ng).]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
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2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
[1913 Webster]Riddling \Rid"dling\, a.
Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
"Riddling triplets." --Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv.
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