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单词 ruddle
例句 ruddle
They daub their bodies with a red earth, like the ruddle used in England for marking sheep. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z
Ducange, with the authorities quoted above, make its colour green; but the sinoper, or ruddle of commerce, is of a dark red or purplish hue. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z
Every one of these ruddled workers, slouching with his dog at his heels to see something of the fight, was a true unit of his race. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z
The stone, of a red colour, was probably of a material impregnated with the red called “ruddle,” a colour never to be washed out. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z
The distorted gibbous disk lifted itself above the edge—red as ruddle and enlarged by the refraction: a giant coppery moon, weird and magical. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z
Lemnian earth, ruddle, and very many minerals do this, and yet they are fatuously said to attract. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments
They revolted in 363-362, but were reduced again, and the Athenians established a monopoly of the ruddle, or red earth, which was one of the most valuable products of the island. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
“You are talking in ruddles now, Muster Sutherland,” said old Duncan, who, having finished the drum-stick and its duplicate, was preparing his pipe for action. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains
The pock-marked rascal is lying quiet on the ruddled bricks at the foot of the stairs. Despair's Last Journey
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. Round About a Great Estate
I am apt to believe, that they took the first hint of their dress from a fair sheep newly ruddled. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe
A faint tartness, the somewhat musty odour of old country houses, ascended from the tiled and ruddled floor that glistened like a mirror. Abbe Mouret's Transgression
His appearance much resembled that of the inhabitants of New South Wales; he had also marks raised upon the skin, and his face was blackened and hair ruddled as is sometimes practised by them. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1
She is a shameless baggage if ever there was one; and ruddled to the eyes, as I can see from here. The Castle Inn
He had made himself rolling drunk and, suitably to the occasion, had been made into a Highlander by the simple process of robbing him of his breeches and rubbing his head with ruddle. The Yeoman Adventurer
V. be red, become red &c. adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify†, rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle†. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
She sat now with bowed back by the empty fireplace, and looked across at Nigel with all the harsh lines of her old ruddled face softening into love and pride. Sir Nigel
For my share of disguising, I now rubbed together some ruddle and dry soil, and the mixture gave a necessary touch of coarseness to her hands. The Yeoman Adventurer
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