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rabble
(encz) | rabble,dav n: PCR |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,holota n: PCR |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,chátra n: rx@wo.cz |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,lůza n: PCR |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,sebranka n: PCR |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,zástup n: PCR |
Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, a.
Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble;
disorderly; vulgar. [R.] --Dryden.
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Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rabbled (r[a^]b"b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbling (r[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a
curate. --Macaulay.
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The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates
themselves rabbled on their way to the house. --J.
R. Green.
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2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without
intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] --Foxe.
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3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
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Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\ (r[a^]b"b'l), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Iron
Manuf.)
An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming
molten iron in the process of puddling.
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Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t.
To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
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Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. i. [Akin to D. rabbelen, Prov. G. rabbeln,
to prattle, to chatter: cf. L. rabula a brawling advocate, a
pettifogger, fr. rabere to rave. Cf. Rage.]
To speak in a confused manner. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, n. [Probably named from the noise made by it
(see Rabble, v. i.) cf. D. rapalje rabble, OF. & Prov. F.
rapaille.]
1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a
confused, disorderly throng.
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I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the
presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and
light persons. --Ascham.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the
whole rabble of licentious deities. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a
chatter.
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The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference
to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call
him `lord.'" --Shak.
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rabble
(wn) | rabble
n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout]
2: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble,
riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail] |
rabble
(devil) | RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority
tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred
Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do
nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in
our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, "soaring swine.")
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hardscrabble
(mass) | hardscrabble
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brabble
(encz) | brabble,hlučně se hašteřit Zdeněk Brož |
hardscrabble
(encz) | hardscrabble,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožhardscrabble,nuzácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rabble
(encz) | rabble,dav n: PCRrabble,holota n: PCRrabble,chátra n: rx@wo.czrabble,lůza n: PCRrabble,sebranka n: PCRrabble,zástup n: PCR |
rabble-rouser
(encz) | rabble-rouser,podněcovatel n: PCRrabble-rouser,potížista n: Michal Ambrožrabble-rouser,štváč n: PCR |
rabble-rousing
(encz) | rabble-rousing,buřičství n: PCRrabble-rousing,provokování n: PCR |
scrabble
(encz) | scrabble,čmáranice n: Zdeněk Brožscrabble,šátrat v: Zdeněk Brožscrabble,škrábání n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrabbled
(encz) | scrabbled, |
scrabbler
(encz) | scrabbler, |
Bedrabble
(gcide) | Bedrabble \Be*drab"ble\, v. t.
To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble.
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Brabble
(gcide) | Brabble \Brab"ble\, v. i. [D. brabbelen to talk confusedly.
[root]95. Cf. Blab, Babble.]
To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]
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A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
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This petty brabble will undo us all. --Shak.
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Brabblement
(gcide) | Brabblement \Brab"ble*ment\, n.
A brabble. [R.] --Holland.
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Brabbler
(gcide) | Brabbler \Brab"bler\, n.
A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R]
--Shak.
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Drabble
(gcide) | Drabble \Drab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Drabbling.] [???.See Drab, Draff.]
To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a
gown or cloak. --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]Drabble \Drab"ble\, v. i.
To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
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Drabbled
(gcide) | Drabble \Drab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Drabbling.] [???.See Drab, Draff.]
To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a
gown or cloak. --Halliwell.
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Drabbler
(gcide) | Drabbler \Drab"bler\, n. (Naut.)
A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail,
to give it a greater depth, or more drop.
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Drabble-tail
(gcide) | Drabble-tail \Drab"ble-tail`\, n.
A draggle-tail; a slattern. --Halliwell.
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Grabble
(gcide) | Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Grabbling.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]
1. To grope; to feel with the hands.
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He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a
grabbling and fumbling. --Selden.
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2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to
grovel. --Ainsworth.
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Grabbled
(gcide) | Grabble \Grab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Grabbling.] [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]
1. To grope; to feel with the hands.
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He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a
grabbling and fumbling. --Selden.
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2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to
grovel. --Ainsworth.
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hardscrabble marginal
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.
Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
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Rabbled
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rabbled (r[a^]b"b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbling (r[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a
curate. --Macaulay.
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The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates
themselves rabbled on their way to the house. --J.
R. Green.
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2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without
intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] --Foxe.
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3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
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Rabblement
(gcide) | Rabblement \Rab"ble*ment\ (r[a^]b"b'l*ment), n.
A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble. "Rude rablement."
--Spenser.
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And still, as he refused it, the rabblement hooted.
--Shak.
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Rabbler
(gcide) | Rabbler \Rab"bler\ (r[a^]b"bl[~e]r), n. [See 2d Rabble.]
(Mech.)
A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
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Rabble-rout
(gcide) | Rabble-rout \Rab"ble-rout`\ (r[a^]b"b'l-rout`), n.
A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
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Scrabble
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by
clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to
scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
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Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
--Bunyan.
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2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
scribble; to scrawl.
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David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
Sam. xxi. 13.
[1913 Webster]Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, v. t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to
scrabble paper.
[1913 Webster]Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, n.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a
scramble; also, a scribble.
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Scrabbled
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by
clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to
scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
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Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
--Bunyan.
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2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
scribble; to scrawl.
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David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
Sam. xxi. 13.
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The rabble
(gcide) | Rabble \Rab"ble\, n. [Probably named from the noise made by it
(see Rabble, v. i.) cf. D. rapalje rabble, OF. & Prov. F.
rapaille.]
1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a
confused, disorderly throng.
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I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the
presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and
light persons. --Ascham.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the
whole rabble of licentious deities. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a
chatter.
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The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference
to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call
him `lord.'" --Shak.
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brabble
(wn) | brabble
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble] |
hardscrabble
(wn) | hardscrabble
adj 1: barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's
hardscrabble life" |
rabble
(wn) | rabble
n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout]
2: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble,
riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail] |
rabble-rouser
(wn) | rabble-rouser
n 1: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to
popular passions and prejudices [syn: demagogue,
demagog, rabble-rouser] |
rabble-rousing
(wn) | rabble-rousing
adj 1: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary,
incitive, inflammatory, instigative, {rabble-
rousing}, seditious] |
scrabble
(wn) | scrabble
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in
patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a
value and those values are used to score the game
v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
[syn: grope for, scrabble]
2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn:
scribble, scrabble] |
rabble
(devil) | RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority
tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred
Simurgh, of Arabian fable -- omnipotent on condition that it do
nothing. (The word is Aristocratese, and has no exact equivalent in
our tongue, but means, as nearly as may be, "soaring swine.")
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