popple noun³. ['pɒp(ǝ)l] Now dial. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
The corn-cockle, Agrostemma githago. Formerly also [mistranslating Greek zizania, Latin lolium darnel], an injurious weed of corn, a tare (chiefly in biblical allusions). Cf. COCKLE noun¹, POPPY noun 2.

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popple noun¹ & verb. ['pɒp(ǝ)l] ME.
[Prob. from Middle Dutch popelen murmur, babble, quiver, throb, of imit. origin.]
A. noun.
1. A bubble such as rises and breaks in boiling water. ME-M16.

2. An act or condition of poppling; a rolling or tossing of water etc.; a strong ripple. L19.
b. The (sound of the) agitation on the surface of a boiling liquid. L19.
b. verb intrans. Flow in a tumbling manner, as water from a spring or over a pebbly surface; tumble about, as boiling or otherwise agitated liquid; bubble up; ripple, toss to and fro in short waves. LME.
■ J. Ferguson The mother stirred the poppling porridge on the fire.
■ W. Golding The grey, poppling water and the occasional barges.

■ popply adjective L19.

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popple noun². ['pɒp(ǝ)l] Now dial. & US. LME.
[Old French pople (mod. dial. peuple): see POPLAR.]
A poplar. Also popple tree.

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