Addle

Ad·dle

Addle

n.
  1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
  2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.]

Addle

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

Addle

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Addled; p. pr. & vb. n. Addling

  1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.

Addle

v. t. & i.
  1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.]
    Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.