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What does addle mean?

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Verb
  1. (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
  2. (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
Adjective
  1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid
  2. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
  3. Addled.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
  2. (provincial) Lees; dregs.
Verb
  1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
  2. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
Noun
  1. A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
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