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Addle
Pronunciation : Ad"dle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.]
Definition : 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ad"dle
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ad"dle
Part of Speech : v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Addled; p. pr. & vb. n. Addling.]
Definition : Defn: To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ad"dle
Part of Speech : v. t. & i.
Etymology : [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. ?\'eblask to acquire property, akin to othal property. Cf. Allodial.]
Definition : 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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