addle

1. n. Liquid filth; mire. Source: opted

2. n. Lees; dregs. Source: opted

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

4. v. t. & i. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. Source: opted

5. v. t. & i. To earn by labor. Source: opted

6. v. t. & i. To thrive or grow; to ripen. Source: opted

7. v. mix up or confuse Source: wordnet

8. v. become rotten Source: wordnet

9. 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper. 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. Source: webster

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

11. v:100 v. mix up or confuse v. become rotten Source: ecdict

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