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Definition of Addling
1. Noun. Causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of addle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Addling
1. addle [v] - See also: addle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Addling
Literary usage of Addling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comic History of the United States,: From a Period Prior to the by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"What Eggs, containing addling Heroes, pip on that Day. — How Swords embarrass
Crooked Legs. — Militia Lines, and what Snarls they get into. ..."
2. Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos by Hoefer (Jean Chrétien Ferdinand), Firmin-Didot (1855)
"... strahl (Le triple rayon visuel ; Cobourg, 1710; — Óptica oder Sehe-kunst (Optique,
ou art de la vue); ibid., 1719, in-8". addling, suppl. i ..."
3. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1889)
"Wherever I see this anti-cradle idea I am not disposed to deny the addling.
Little birds are rocked in the tree-tops ; baby fishes are cradled upon swaying ..."
4. ... Catalogue of Works on European Philology: Dictionaries and Grammars of by Bernard Quaritch (1884)
"... 2012 Cant, des trois jeunes gens 2002 Catéchisme Espagnol 2013 Salmo L 2002
Africa—Froberville 2089 — Obermüller 2061 African Langs.—addling 1995 ..."
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