crimson vs ruddle

crimson

verb
  • To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. 

  • To become crimson or deep red; to blush. 

noun
  • A deep, slightly bluish red. 

adj
  • Having a deep red colour. 

  • Immodest. 

ruddle

verb
  • To mark something with red ochre. 

  • To raddle or twist. 

  • To sift together; to mix, as through a sieve. 

noun
  • A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep. 

  • A riddle or sieve. 

How often have the words crimson and ruddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )