maudle, v. rare.
(ˈmɔːd(ə)l)
[Back-formation f. maudlin a., taken as pr. pple.]
a. trans. To make maudlin. b. intr. To talk maudlinly.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), To Maudle, to besot, or put out of Order, as drinking strong Liquors does in a Morning. Ibid., Maudlin, maudled, half drunk. 1826 Examiner 124/1 Leaving John Bull to suck his thumbs, and maudle about ‘his good Queen Anne’. |