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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 \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 \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 \Rab"ble\, v. t.
To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
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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 \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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