Babble

rab'bl, n. A crowd of vulgar, noisy peo- ple; a mob; the dregs of the people; a rake-like tool for skimming off slag, etc., in puddling metal. — v. [rabbled (-bid), -bling.] To insult or drive away by a mob; to mob; to stir (molten metal) to render uniform. [OD. rabbelen, ProvG. rabbeln, to chatter, prattle, trifle, Gr. rhaba ein, Skr. rambh, to make a noise.] Rabdology, rab-dol'o-jY, Method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of little square rods, called Napier' s-bone$. [Gr. rhabdos, rod, stick, and logos, discourse.] — Rab'doman'cy, -man'sY, Divination by means of rods or wands. [Gr. manteia, divination.]