n. [ OE. adel, AS. adela, mud. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
v. t. & i. [ OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial. ]
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ See Addle, to earn. ] Earnings. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]