rabble
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əl noun
1.
a disorderly crowd; mob.
2.
the rabble, the lower classes; the common people: The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt.
verb (used with object)
3.
to beset as a rabble does; mob.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English rabel (noun), of uncertain origin
1350–1400; Middle English rabel (noun), of uncertain origin
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noun
1.
a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
verb (used with object)
2.
to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
Origin:
1655–65; < French râble fire-shovel, tool, Middle French raable < Latin rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals, equivalent to *rutā(re) presumed frequentative of ruere to churn up, disturb + -bulum suffix of instrument
1655–65; < French râble fire-shovel, tool, Middle French raable < Latin rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals, equivalent to *rutā(re) presumed frequentative of ruere to churn up, disturb + -bulum suffix of instrument
Related forms
rab·bler, noun
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rabble1 (ˈræbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a disorderly crowd; mob |
| 2. | derogatory the rabble the common people |
| [C14 (in the sense: a pack of animals): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle Dutch rabbelen to chatter, rattle] | |
| rabble2 (ˈræbəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: rabbler an iron tool or mechanical device for stirring, mixing, or skimming a molten charge in a roasting furnace |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to stir, mix, or skim (the molten charge) in a roasting furnace |
| [C17: from French râble, from Latin rutābulum rake for a furnace, from ruere to rake, dig up] | |
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Word Origin & History
rabble
c.1300, "pack of animals," possibly related to M.E. rabeln "speak in a rapid, confused manner," probably imitative of hurry and confusion (cf. M.Du. rabbelen, Low Ger. rabbeln "to chatter"). Meaning "tumultuous crowd of people" is first recorded 1513; applied contemptuously to the common or low part
of any populace from 1553. Rabble-rousing first attested 1802 in Sydney Smith.
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Example sentences
His soothing tones, however, can't disguise a relish for the fray: beneath the silver-fox exterior beats a rabble-rousing heart.
Heavy depredations are made upon private property to sustain an armed rabble.
Presumably he deliberately avoided his famous rabble-rousing campaign style to appear calm, businesslike, and in full control.
He only serves to rabble-rouse people who have a mystical mindset into an anti-science frenzy.
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