rab•bleˈræb əl(n.; v.)-bled, -bling.

1. (n.)a disorderly crowd; mob.

2. the rabble, the lower classes; the common people.

3. (v.t.)to beset as a rabble does; mob.

Origin of rabble:

1350–1400; ME rabel (n.)

rab•ble^*ˈræb əl(n.; v.)-bled, -bling.

1. (n.)a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.

   Category: Metallurgy

2. (v.t.)to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.

   Category: Metallurgy

^* Metall..

Origin of rabble:

1655–65; < F râble fire-shovel, tool, MF raable < L rutābulum implement for shifting hot coals

rab′bler(n.)