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Word: addle
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- by extension Unfruitful or John Dryden''.
- Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
- See addled.
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Noun:
- provincial Lees; dregs. ''Wright''
- obsolete Liquid filth; mire.
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Verb:
- provincial To earn by labor. ''Forby''.
- provincial To thrive or grow; to ripen.
- : "Their eggs were '''addled'''." William Cowper.
- To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
- To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he '''addled''' his brain.
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