2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Riddling \Rid"dling\, a. Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. "Riddling triplets." --Tennyson. -- {Rid"dling}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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