Definition of riddle

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Riddle (v. t.) 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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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..
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Unriddle :: Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery..
Guess :: Guess (v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
Unriddler :: Unriddler (n.) One who unriddles.
Enigmatize :: Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles..
Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles..
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
Enigma :: Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed..
Riddled :: Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddl.
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..
Quiz :: Quiz (n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
Expound :: Expound (v. t.) To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle..
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.
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..
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