Rabbling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rabbled} (r[a^]b"b'ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Rabbling} (r[a^]b"bl[i^]ng).]
     1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a
        curate. --Macaulay.
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              The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates
              themselves rabbled on their way to the house. --J.
                                                    R. Green.
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     2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without
        intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] --Foxe.
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     3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
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