Rabble
Rabble (rab"b'l) , noun
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Iron Manufacturing) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Rabble , transitive verb
To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
Rabble , intransitive verb
[Akin to Dutch rabbelen, Prov. German rabbeln, to prattle, to chatter: compare Latin rabula a brawling advocate, a pettifogger, from rabere to rave. Compare Rage.]
To speak in a confused manner. [Provincial English & Scottish]
Rabble , noun
[Probably named from the noise made by it (see Rabble, v. i.) compare Dutch rapalje rabble, Old French & Prov. French rapaille.]
1.
A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons.
Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities.
2.
A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
Collocations (1)
The rabble , the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. The rabble call him ‘lord.'
Rabble , adjective
Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. [Rare] — Dryden
Rabble (rab"b'ld) , transitive verb
1.
To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. — Macaulay
The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house.
2.
To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [Obsolete or Scottish] — Foxe
3.
To rumple; to crumple. [Scottish]