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   Addle (), n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.]
   
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   1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
   
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   2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.]  Wright.
   
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   Addle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.  Dryden.
   
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   Addle, 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”. “Their eggs were addled.”  Cowper.
   
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   Addle, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial.]
   1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.]  Forby.
   
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   2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
   
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