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rabble

 

  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\,  n.  [Probably  named  from  the  noise  made  by  it 
  (see  {Rabble},  v.  t.)  cf  D.  rapalje  rabble,  OF  &  Prov.  F. 
  rapaille.] 
  1.  A  tumultuous  crowd  of  vulgar,  noise  people;  a  mob;  a 
  confused,  disorderly  throng. 
 
  I  saw,  I  say  come  out  of  London,  even  unto  the 
  presence  of  the  prince,  a  great  rabble  of  mean  and 
  light  persons.  --Ascham. 
 
  Jupiter,  Mercury,  Bacchus,  Venus,  Mars  and  the  whole 
  rabble  of  licentious  deities.  --Bp. 
  Warburton 
 
  2.  A  confused,  incoherent  discourse;  a  medley  of  voices;  a 
  chatter. 
 
  {The  rabble},  the  lowest  class  of  people,  without  reference 
  to  an  assembly;  the  dregs  of  the  people.  ``The  rabble  call 
  him  `lord.'''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\  (r[a^]b"b'l),  n.  [Etymol.  uncertain.]  (Iron 
  Manuf.) 
  An  iron  bar,  with  the  end  bent,  used  in  stirring  or  skimming 
  molten  iron  in  the  process  of  puddling. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\,  v.  t. 
  To  stir  with  a  rabble,  as  molten  iron. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\,  v.  i.  [Akin  to  D.  rabbelen  Prov.  G.  rabbeln 
  to  prattle,  to  chatter:  cf  L.  rabula  a  brawling  advocate,  a 
  pettifogger,  fr  rabere  to  rave.  Cf  {Rage}] 
  To  speak  in  a  confused  manner.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  rabble;  like  or  suited  to  a  rabble; 
  disorderly;  vulgar.  [R.]  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rabble  \Rab"ble\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rabbled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rabbling}.] 
  1.  To  insult,  or  assault,  by  a  mob;  to  mob;  as  to  rabble  a 
  curate.  --Macaulay. 
 
  The  bishops'  carriages  were  stopped  and  the  prelates 
  them  selves  rabbled  on  their  way  to  the  house.  --J. 
  R.  Green. 
 
  2.  To  utter  glibly  and  incoherently;  to  mouth  without 
  intelligence.  [Obs.  or  Scot.]  --Foxe. 
 
  3.  To  rumple;  to  crumple.  [Scot.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rabble 
  n  1:  a  disorderly  crowd  of  people  [syn:  {mob},  {rout}] 
  2:  disparaging  terms  for  the  common  people  [syn:  {riffraff},  {ragtag}, 
  {ragtag  and  bobtail}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RABBLE,  n.  In  a  republic,  those  who  exercise  a  supreme  authority 
  tempered  by  fraudulent  elections.  The  rabble  is  like  the  sacred 
  Simurgh  of  Arabian  fable  --  omnipotent  on  condition  that  it  do 
  nothing.  (The  word  is  Aristocratese  and  has  no  exact  equivalent  in 
  our  tongue,  but  means  as  nearly  as  may  be  "soaring  swine.")




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