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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Addle \Ad"dle\, n. [OE. adel, AS adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Addle \Ad"dle\, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Addle \Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Addled}; p. pr & vb n. {Addling}.] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as he addled his brain. ``Their eggs were addled.'' --Cowper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Addle \Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen to gain, acquire; prob. fr Icel. ["o][eth]lask to acquire property, akin to o[eth]al property. Cf {Allodial}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: addle v 1: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: {muddle}, {puddle}] 2: become rotten; of eggs
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