Definition of idle

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Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day..

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Johnadreams :: "Johnadreams (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow..
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..
Unbridle :: Unbridle (v. t.) To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Bridle Iron :: Bridle iron () A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger..
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Bridoon :: Bridoon (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein..
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Idler :: Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
Tidley :: Tidley (n.) The wren.
Idleness :: Idleness (n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Jangler :: Jangler (n.) An idle talker; a babbler; a prater.
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
Account :: Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..
Slowback :: Slowback (n.) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
Crownpiece :: Crownpiece (n.) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle..
Truantly :: Truantly (adv.) Like a truant; in idleness.
Dawdler :: Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse..
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To loiter; to idle.
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