Addle
Addle ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English adel, Anglo-Saxon adela, mud.]
1.
Liquid filth; mire. [Obsolete]
2.
Lees; dregs. [Provincial English] — Wright
Addle , adjective
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. — Dryden
Addle ({not transcribed}) , verb, transitive and intransitive
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
Their eggs were addled.
Addle , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Old English adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. from Icelandic oelask to acquire property, akin to oeal property. Compare Allodial.]
1.
To earn by labor. [Provincial English] — Forby
2.
To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Provincial English]
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.