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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Addle

/ăd'-əl/ · Ad·dle · IPA /ˈæ.dəl/
01 n. Liquid filth; mire.
  1. 1.
    Liquid filth; mire.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Lees; dregs.[Prov. Eng.]
02 a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
  1. 1.
    Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
03 v. t. & i. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
imp. & p. p. Addled; p. pr. & vb. n. Addling
  1. 1.
    To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
04 v. t. & i. To earn by labor.
  1. 1.
    To earn by labor.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To thrive or grow; to ripen.[Prov. Eng.]
    “Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.” — Tusser.