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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Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Riddle :: Riddle (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
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..
Unriddle :: Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery..
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..
Fry :: Fry (v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts..
Unriddler :: Unriddler (n.) One who unriddles.
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..
Griddlecake :: Griddlecake (n.) A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot..
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..
Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
Prinpriddle :: Prinpriddle (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners..
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..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..
Quiz :: Quiz (n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
Crumpet :: Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider..
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