Addle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Addle	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Addle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addle v mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle] become rotten; "addled eggs"
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. [bd]Their eggs were addled.[b8] --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Addle \Ad"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. [94][eb]lask to acquire property, akin to o[eb]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.