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RABBLE , a See also:general See also:term for a disorderly See also:crowd, apparently connected with the verb " to rabble," to talk or See also:work in a confused manner, Du. rabbelen, Ger. See also:dialect rabbeln, cf . Gr. pa(3fiaaeiv, to howl . In See also:iron and steehmanufacture, a puddling-See also:tool, for stirring the molten See also:metal, is called a " rabble." This is a different word, adapted from Fr. rdble, for roable, Med . See also:Lat. rotabulum, Lat. rutabulum (ruere, to See also:rake), a See also:fire-See also:shovel or See also:oven rake . |
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