Addle

[A. S. ydel, idle, barren.] Originally applied to eggs, and signifying such as produce nothing, but grow rotten under the hen; thence transferred to brains that produce nothing. "Thus far the poet; but his brains grow addle; And all the rest is purely from this noddie." Addle-pated, a . Having addled brains. "Poor slaves in metre, dull and addle - pated , Dryden. Who rhyme below even David's psalms translated." - Dryden. Addle, v . a . To make addle; to corrupt; to make barren: "This is also evidenced in eggs, whereof the sound ones sink, and such as are addled swim." - Brown . Add'lings, n . pl . Earnings; wages for labor; - a name only used in some parts of England. Addorsed', a . [Lat. ad , to, and dorsum , the back.] ( Her .) A term used when any two animals or other things are placed back to back. Addre ', v . a . [Fr. a dre er .] To apply to another by words, with various forms of construction: sometimes without a preposition. "Are not your orders to addre the Senate?" - Add is on. Sometimes with to ; as, " Addre ing to Pollio, his great patron, he no longer could restrain the freedom of his spirit." - Dryden. Sometimes with the reciprocal pronoun; as, he ad dre ed himself to the general. Sometimes with the accusative of the matter of the addre , which may be the nominative to the pa ive; as, "The young hero had addre ed his prayers to him for his a istance." - Dryden. -To prepare one's self to enter upon an action; as, he addre ed himself to the work. - To court, as a lover. -To get ready; to put in a state for immediate use. To-night in Harfleur we will be your guest, To-morrow for the march we are addrest." - Shak. -To superscribe or direct, as a letter. Ad'elaide, the cap. of South Australia and the seat of government, stands on the river Torrens, which divides it into two parts. The University of A. is a flourishing institution and well endowed. At a distance of eiglit miles, and on the shore of the Gulf of St. Vincent, is Port A. , where are built wharves, warehouses, and every convenience for merchants and shippers. A. was founded in 1836, and in 1845 its port was made free to all nations. Pop . (1895) 136,760. Lat. 34° 36′ S., lon. 128° 30′ Ε. Adelaide, a river in the N.W. of Australia, falling into Adam bay, and navigable for 50 miles to all ve els draw ing 12 feet of water.