Definition of riddle

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Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..

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Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle..
Key :: Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem..
Fry :: Fry (v. i.) To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat..
Logogriph :: Logogriph (n.) A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Ruddle :: Ruddle (n.) A riddle or sieve.
Enigmatize :: Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles..
Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
Rebus :: Rebus (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
Enigma :: Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed..
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.
Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)..
Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Crumpet :: Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider..
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners..
Riddled :: Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddl.
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
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