Hypertext Webster Gateway: "riddled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Riddling}.]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
riddled
adj 1: (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous
perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth
holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the
bullet-riddled target"
2: spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"
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