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RAB'BLE, n. [L. rabula, a brawler, from rabo, to rave.]
An iron bar, with the end bent,
used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of
puddling.
To stir or skim with
a rabble, as molten iron.
To speak in a confused manner.
[Prov. Eng. *** Scot.] A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people] a
mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons. Ascham. Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities. Bp. Warburton. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley
of voices; a chatter.
The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call him ‘lord.'" Shak. Of or pertaining to a
rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
[R.]
Dryden. To insult,
or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.
Macaulay.
The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house. J. R. Green. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth
without intelligence.
[Obs. or Scot.] Foxe. To rumple; to crumple.
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