dye vs ruddle

dye

verb
  • To colour with dye, or as if with dye. 

noun
  • Any hue, color, or blee. 

  • A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied. 

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