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61Rose and Ball Court. Addle Hill — See Rose Court …
62addled — addle, addled The usual word now is addled, and is applied (a) to eggs, and (b) figuratively, to brains (i.e. the mind). Originally, addle was a noun meaning ‘stinking urine or other liquid filth’, although its associations have usually been with …
63Addled — Addle Ad dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Addled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addling}.] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. Their eggs were addled. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …
64Addling — Addle Ad dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Addled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addling}.] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. Their eggs were addled. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …
65Mary Dunn (author) — For other people named Mary Dunn, see Mary Dunn (disambiguation). Mary Dunn (1900 1958[1]) was an English author and satirist best known for the Lady Addle books.[2][3] Selected publications Lady Addle Remembers: Being the Memoirs of the Lady… …
66confuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. perplex, confound, disconcert; embroil, muddle; abash, embarrass. See disorder, humility, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. puzzle, perplex, bewilder, confound, nonplus, disconcert, abash …
67fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …
68nincompoop — n fool, ninny, ninnyhammer, silly, goose, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, cuckoo, Inf. jay, idiot, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron, Sl. zombie; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain, Sl.… …
69noodle — n 1.Slang. head, skull, cranium, Zool. cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; think tank, thinker; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk …
70Ettle — Et tle, v. t. [Perh. the same word as addle to earn; bur cf. OE. atlien, etlien, to intend, prepare, Icel. [ae]tla to think, suppose, mean.] To earn. [Obs.] See {Addle}, to earn. Boucher. [1913 Webster] || …
