Definition of addle

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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..

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Addle-patedness :: Addle-patedness (n.) Stupidity.
Hack :: Hack (n.) A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses..
Mosasauria :: Mosasauria (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria..
Unswathe :: Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
Ruddle :: Ruddle (v. t.) To raddle or twist.
Saddle-backed :: Saddle-backed (a.) Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.
Waddle :: Waddle (v. t.) To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it..
Palfrey :: Palfrey (n.) A small saddle horse for ladies.
Seat :: Seat (n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like..
Swaddling :: Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..
Straddle :: Straddle (v. t.) To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse..
Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
Sell :: Sell (n.) A saddle for a horse.
Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.
Plesiosaurus :: Plesiosaurus (n.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle..
Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle..
Addle :: Addle (v. t. & i.) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
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