bloody vs ruddle

bloody

verb
  • To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). 

  • To stain with blood. 

  • To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight. 

adj
  • Covered in blood. 

  • Characterised by bloodshed. 

  • Used as an intensifier. 

adv
  • Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis. 

noun
  • bloody mary 

ruddle

verb
  • To raddle or twist. 

  • To mark something with red ochre. 

  • 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 bloody and ruddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )