RABBLE

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RABBLE , a general

term

TERM

for a disorderly crowd, apparently connected with the verb " to rabble," to talk or

work

WORK

in a confused manner, Du. rabbelen, Ger. dialect rabbeln, cf. Gr. pa(3fiaaeiv, to howl. In

iron

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

and steehmanufacture, a puddling-

tool

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the
English
- ENGLISH
word " taw," to work or dress
leather
- LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  ; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch
  leer
  - LEER
  or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
- LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL
)

, for stirring the molten metal, is called a " rabble." This is a different word, adapted from Fr. rdble, for roable, Med. Lat. rotabulum, Lat. rutabulum (ruere, to rake), a

fire

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

shovel

or oven rake.

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