What does "addle" mean?
Addle: Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Additional senses
- 2.Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
- 3.To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
- 4.To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
- 5.To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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