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Määritelmät

Verbit

1. (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. — Forby.
2. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
3. (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
4. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

Adjektiivit

1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
2. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. John Dryden.
3. addled

Substantiivit

1. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
2. A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
3. (provincial) Lees; dregs.