rid

imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road. [ 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 ]

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

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

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