ADDLE

n. a. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]

2.
n.

Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

3.
a.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.

4.
v.

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.

5.
v.

To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

6.
v.

To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.

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