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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Drōop'er, n. p. 415One who, or that which, droops.Drōop'ing-ly, adv. p. 415In a drooping manner.Drōp, n. p. 415The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; as, a drop of water. 2. That which resembles, or that…Drop serene p. 415(Med.). A disease of the eye, causing blindness by reason of an affection of the retina; amaurosis;—probably so called because, unlike the cataract, it produces no visible change in the organization…Drōp, v. t. p. 415To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in minute globules; to distill. The trees drop balsam, and on all the boughs Health sits, and makes it sovereign as it flows. Creech. 2. To cause to descend…Drōp, v. i. p. 415To distill; to fall in small portions, globules, or drops, as a liquid. The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser. 2. To let drops fall; to…Drō'pax, n. p. 415(Med.) A preparation used for taking off the hair; a depilatory.Drōp'-hām'mer, n. p. 415See DROP-PRESS.Drōp'let, n. p. 415A little drop. Shak.Drŏp'-lĕt'ter, n. p. 415A letter dropped into a post-office box, for distribution in the same town.Drŏp'mēal or Drŏp'mēle, adv. p. 415By drops or small portions. [Obs.] “Distilling dropmeal, a little at once.” Holland.Drōp'per, n. p. 415One who, or that which, drops. 2. (Mining.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.Drōp'ping-bŏt'tle, n. p. 415An instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test-tube or other vessel.Drōp'ping-ly, adv. p. 415In drops.Drōp'ping-tūbe, n. p. 415A glass tube having a bulb blown in it, and so constructed as to deliver by drops any fluid with which it is filled.Drŏp'-prĕss, n. p. 415A machine for embossing, punching, &c., consisting of a weight guided vertically, to be raised by a cord and pulley worked by the foot, and to drop on an anvil;—called also drop-hammer, or simply a…Drŏp'-scēne, n. p. 415A curtain suspended by pulleys, which descends or drops in front of the stage in a theater.Drŏp'si-cal, a. p. 415Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; inclined to the dropsy; as, a dropsical patient. 2. Resembling, or pertaining to, the dropsy.Drōp'sic-al-ness, n. p. 415The state of being dropsical.Drŏp'-stōne, n. p. 415Spar which is formed into the shape of drops. Woodward.Drŏp'sy, n. p. 415(Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any cavity of the body, or in the areolar texture. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) A disease of plants, occasioned by an excess of water. Wright.Drōp'-tā'ble, n. p. 415A machine for lowering weights, and especially for removing the wheels of locomotives.Drōp'-tīn, n. p. 415Fine tin. Ogilvie.Drōp'-wort, n. p. 415(Bot.) A species of Spīræa (S. filipendula). The genus affords some ornamental shrubs. Water drop-wort, the genus Œnanthe, a poisonous genus of water plants. London.Drösch'ke, n. p. 415See DROSKY.Drōs'e-ră, n. p. 415(Bot.) A genus of low, perennial plants;—so called because the leaves are covered with gland-bearing bristles, which exude drops of a clear fluid, glittering like dew-drops. Gray.Drōs'ky, n. p. 415A peculiar kind of low, four-wheeled carriage, without a top, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground.…Dro-sōm'e-ter, n. p. 415An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected…Drōss, n. p. 415The scum or extraneous matter of metals, thrown off in the process of melting; recrement. 2. An incrustation formed on metals by oxidation; rust; crust of metals. “A crust of dross.” Addison. 3.…Drōs'sel, n. p. 415A slut; a hussy; a drazel. [Obs.] [Written also dratchel and drotchel.] Now dwells each drossel in her glass. Warner.Drōss'i-ness, n. p. 415The quality or state of being drossy; foulness; rust; impurity. Boyle.Drōss'less, a. p. 415Free from dross. Stevens.Drŏss'y, a. p. 415Composed of, or resembling, or pertaining to, dross; impure; worthless. “Drossy gold.” Dryden. “Drossy rhymes.” Donne.Drōtch'el, n. p. 415See DROSSEL. [Obs.]Drought, n. p. 415Want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridness; aridity. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden. 2.…Drought'i-ness, n. p. 415A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.Drought'y, a. p. 415Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. “Droughty and parched countries.” Ray. 2. Thirsty; dry; wanting drink. “Thy droughty throat.” Philips.Drum'y, a. p. 415Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon.Drouth, n. p. 415Same as DROUGHT. See DROUGHT.Drōve, imp. p. 415of drive.Drōve, n. p. 415A collection of cattle driven or designed for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny…Drō'ven, p. p. p. 415of drive. [Obs.]Drōv'er, n. p. 416One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase fat cattle, and drive them to market. 2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] He woke, And saw his drover drive along…Drō'vy, a. p. 416Turbid; muddy; filthy. [Obs.] Chaucer.Drown, v. t. p. 416To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to immerse; to deluge; to inundate. “They drown the land.” Dryden. 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. To overpower; to overcome; to…Drown, v. i. p. 416To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Methought what pain it was to drown. Shak.Drown'age, n. p. 416The act of drowning. [Rare.]Drown'er, n. p. 416One who, or that which, drowns.Drowse, v. i. p. 416To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. Milton.Drowse, v. t. p. 416To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.Drowse, n. p. 416A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Browning.Drow'ſi-hēad or Drow'ſi-hēd, n. p. 416Tendency to sleep; drowsiness; sleepiness. Spenser.Drow'si-ly, adv. p. 416In a drowsy manner; heavily; sleepily; slothfully.Drow'si-ness, n. p. 416The state of being drowsy; sleepiness; sluggishness. Milton.Drow'sy, a. p. 416Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. I sleep when I am drowsy, and tend to no man's business. Shak. 2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of…Drowth, n. p. 416The same as DROUGHT. Carew.Drŭb, v. t. p. 416To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. The little thief had been soundly drubbed with a cudgel. L'Estrange.Drĭb, n. p. 416A blow with a stick or cudgel; a thump; a knock. Addison.Drŭb'ber, n. p. 416One who drubs. “The drubber of the sheepskin.” W. Scott.Drŭdge, v. i. p. 416To work hard; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.