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▪ I. rabbler1 rare.|ˈræblə(r)| [f. rabble v.2 + -er1.] One who rabbles; one of a rabble.
1634J. Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 150 The scourges of all God's people, ravening rabblers. 1692–1712Fountainhall in W. P. Brown Decis. Suppl. (1826) IV. 356–7 (Jam.) He had there publicly called him a rabler and a robber. 1693Apol. Clergy Scot. 5 Such of the Presbyterians as..directed the Methods that the Rabblers were to take. ▪ II. ˈrabbler2 [f. rabble v.3] a. One who uses a rabble. b. An instrument for rabbling.
1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 398 The upper hearths are not very accessible to the rabblers. 1883Nasmyth Autobiog. xx. 368 My patent hollow steam Rabbler is at work, producing iron of superior quality. |