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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Masticador :: Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit..
Otiose :: Otiose (a.) Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
Vagabondage :: Vagabondage (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
Throatlatch :: Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat..
Chak :: Chak (v. i.) To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle..
Loaf :: Loaf (v. t.) To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away..
Palaver :: Palaver (n.) Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery..
Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..
Babbler :: Babbler (n.) An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
Growth :: Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth..
Sloth :: Sloth (v. i.) To be idle.
Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness..
Rein :: Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse..
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..
Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.
Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron..
Jangling :: Jangling (n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation.
Lounger :: Lounger (n.) One who lounges; ar idler.
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