Rid

rid, v. t. [rid or ridded; ridding.] To free, deliver, clear, disencumber. — Rid'dance, n. Act of — ridding or freeing; deliverance; a clearing up orout; point of state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. the Ridden. See Ride. To Riddle, rid'dl, n. A sieve with coarse meshes, for n. separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from the megrain, gravel from sand, etc. — v. t. [riddled (-did), -dlikg.] To separate, as grain from chaff, with a fare; end, eve, term; In, Ice; Sdd, t5ne, dr; riddle; to perforate with balls so as to make like riddle. 363