Ad"dle, 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.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov.
Eng.]
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.
Tusser.
Ad"dle (?), n. [OE. adel, AS.
adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire.
[Obs.]
2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
Ad"dle, 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.
Ad"dle, a. Having lost the power of
development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or
confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.