2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.

The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference to an

assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call him ‘lord.'" Shak.

Rab"ble, a. Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble;

disorderly; vulgar. [R.] Dryden.

Rab"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rabbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rabbling

(-blng).] 1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a

curate. Macaulay.

The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves

rabbled on their way to the house.

J. R. Green.

2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.

[Obs. or Scot.] Foxe.

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