Addle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]

2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.