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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Buckwheat :: Buckwheat (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc..
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..
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) 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..
Enigma :: Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed..
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..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..
Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun..
Enigmatize :: Enigmatize (v. i.) To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles..
Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.
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..
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Riddle :: 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..
Pancake :: Pancake (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)..
Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Riddle :: Riddle (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
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