rabble
- a disorderly crowd of people
- disparaging terms for the common people
[
n] - disparaging terms for the common people
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• (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. • (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron. • (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner. • (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter. • (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten ir...
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ragtag noun disparaging terms for the common people
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Rab'ble (răb'b'l)
noun [ 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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Rab'ble adjective Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. [ R.]
Dryden. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/1
Rab'ble intransitive verb [ Akin to Dutch
rabbelen , Prov. German
rabbeln , to prattle, to chatter: confer Latin
rabula a brawling advocate, a pettifogger, from
rabere to rave. Confer
Rage .] To speak in a confused manner. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Rab'ble noun [ Probably named from the noise made by it (see
Rabble ,
intransitive verb ); confer Dutch
rapalje rabble, Old French & Prov. French
rapaille .]
1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng. «...
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Rab'ble transitive verb To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
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A kind of rake for stirring solid material in a furnace. See, for example, Herreshoff.
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A kind of rake for stirring solid material in a furnace. See, for example, Herreshoff.
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device for stirring molten iron in a furnace
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In popular language, a rabble is an unruly, disorganised crowd of people. A rabble was a shovel formerly used by charcoal burners to remove the covering from the burned pile. In metallurgy, a rabble is an iron bar with a bent end used for stirring and skimming the molten metal.
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mob crowd the lower classes of populaceÂ
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