Definition of idle

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Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow..

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Headstall :: Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Bugbear :: Bugbear (v. t.) To alarm with idle phantoms.
Indolent :: Indolent (a.) Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man..
Otiose :: Otiose (a.) Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..
Laze :: Laze (v. t.) To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days..
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..
Gossip :: Gossip (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Cackle :: Cackle (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
Eyeflap :: Eyeflap (n.) A blinder on a horse's bridle.
Pratingly :: Pratingly (adv.) With idle talk; with loquacity.
Loaf :: Loaf (v. i.) To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
Musrol :: Musrol (n.) The nose band of a horse's bridle.
Blinker :: Blinker (n.) A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment..
Blinder :: Blinder (n.) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker..
Tattle :: Tattle (n.) Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
Kern :: Kern (n.) An idler; a vagabond.
Indolence :: Indolence (n.) The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity..
Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
Sport :: Sport (n.) Play; idle jingle.
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