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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..

Unriddler :: Unriddler (n.) One who unriddles.

Unriddle :: Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery..

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..

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..

Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.

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

Flapjack :: Flapjack (n.) A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

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..

Buckwheat :: Buckwheat (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc..

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.

Slapjack :: Slapjack (n.) A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.

Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A griddle.

Ree :: Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)..

Bannock :: Bannock (n.) A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England..

Riddled :: Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of Riddl.

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