*ridd*

n. [ OE. gredil, gredl, gridel, of Celtic origin; cf. W. greidell, Ir. greideal, greideil, griddle, gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch. Cf. Gridiron. ] 1. An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. mentally anguished due to feelings of guilt{ 3 }.
Syn. -- guilt-sick. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmares; tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears. Beattie. Cheyne.
Syn. -- tormented. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

hagridden . . . by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth C. S. Lewis

a. Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The long-tailed titmouse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. “Riddance from all adversity.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Ride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, rids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter, L. cribrum, and to Gr. kri`nein to distinguish, separate, and G. rein clean. See Crisis, Certain. ] 1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Riddled p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling ] 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 ]

n. [ For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r&aemacr_;dels; akin to D. raadsel, G. räthsel; fr. AS. r&aemacr_;dan to counsel or advise, also, to guess. √116. Cf. Read. ] Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret,
That solved the riddle which I had proposed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T was a strange riddle of a lady. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To explain; to solve; to unriddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. “Lysander riddles very prettily.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Riddler [ Capitalized ] A fictional character in the Batman comic books series and also in the Batman series of movies. He was an enemy of Batman who proposed riddles. [ PJC ]

a. Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. “Riddling triplets.” Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) The jacksnipe. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ 1st pref. un- + riddle. ] To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]