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2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.

Rid"dle, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r&?;dels; akin to D. raadsel, G. räthsel; fr. AS. r&?;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.

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

Milton.

'T was a strange riddle of a lady.

Hudibras.

Rid"dle, v. t. To explain; to solve; to unriddle.

Riddle me this, and guess him if you can.

Dryden.

Rid"dle, v. i. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. "Lysander riddels very prettily." Shak.

Rid"dler (?), n. One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).

Rid"dler, n. One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.

Rid"dling (?), a. Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. "Riddling triplets." Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv.

Ride (rd), v. i. [imp. Rode (rd) (Rid , archaic); p. p. Ridden (&?;) (Rid, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Riding (&?;).] [AS. rdan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. rtan, Icel. rða, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. Road.] 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

To-morrow, when ye riden by the way.

Chaucer.

Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him.

Swift.

2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.

The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants.

Macaulay.

3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.

Men once walked where ships at anchor ride.

Dryden.

4. To be supported in motion; to rest.

Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides.

Shak.

On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy!