mardle
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Noun
1. A rabble; an unruly crowd, a group of hangers-on.
Origin
1. Late 15th century; earliest use found in St. Ninian. From Middle French merdaille from merde + -aille.
Noun
1. Chat, gossip; an instance of this.
Origin
1. Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Spurdens (d. 1855). Probably from mardle, if the reverse is not the case.
Noun
1. A pond, especially one used to water cattle.
Origin
1. Mid 19th century. Probably from French (obsolete) mardelle brim or border of a well, fountain, spring, etc., variant of margelle from a post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin margin-, margō.
Verb
1. To gossip, chat; to pass time in this way.
Origin
1. Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Notes and Queries. Origin uncertain; perhaps imitative.

