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Webster 1913 Edition

Drabble

Drab′ble

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drabbled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drabbling
.]
[[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].See
Drab
,
Draff
.]
To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak.
Halliwell.

Drab′ble

,
Verb.
I.
To fish with a long line and rod;
as, to
drabble
for barbels
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drabble

DRABBLE

,
Verb.
T.
To draggle; to make dirty by drawing in mud and water; to wet and befoul; as, to drabble a gown or cloke. In scottish, this word signifies to dirty by slabbering, as if it were allied to dribble, drivel, from the root of drip, which coincides with drop.

DRABBLE

,
Verb.
I.
To fish for barbels with a long line and rod.

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