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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

Chatterer :: Chatterer (n.) A prater; an idle talker.

Slug :: Slug (v. i.) To move slowly; to lie idle.

Sponge :: Sponge (v. i.) Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor..

Account :: Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..

Pansy :: Pansy (n.) A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names..

Tattler :: Tattler (n.) One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.

Branks :: Branks (n.) A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold..

Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..

Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..

Masticador :: Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit..

Chaff :: Chaff (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter..

Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron..

Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..

Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..

Palaver :: Palaver (n.) Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery..

Babbler :: Babbler (n.) An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Slothful :: Slothful (a.) Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

Lewd :: Lewd (superl.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious..

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