Definition of riddle

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Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot..

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Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling..
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..
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..
Quiz :: Quiz (n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
Enigmatize :: Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles..
Ruddle :: Ruddle (n.) A riddle or sieve.
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Riddled :: Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddl.
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
Screen :: Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.
Riddling :: Riddling (a.) Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.
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..
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
Crumpet :: Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider..
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
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