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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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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.Drŭdge, n. p. 416One who works hard, or labors with toil and fatigue; one who labors hard in servile employments; an unwilling or reluctant laborer. “At the public mill our drudge.” Milton.Drŭd'ge, n. p. 416(Com.) Whisky in its raw state, as used in the manufacture of alcohol. [U. S.]Drŭdg'er, n. p. 416One who drudges; a drudge. 2. A dredging-box.Drŭd'g'er-y, n. p. 416The act of drudging; hard labor; toilsome work; ignoble toil; hard work in servile occupations. “The drudgery of penning definitions.” Macaulay. Paradise was a place of bliss ... without drudgery or…Drĕd'ging-bŏx, n. p. 416The same as DREDGING-BOX.Drŭd'g'ing-ly, adv. p. 416In a drudging manner; laboriously.Drŭg, n. p. 416Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. 2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article…Drŭg, v. i. p. 416To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. B. Jonson.Drŭg, v. t. p. 416To affect or season with drugs or ingredients. With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. Byron. 2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious. 3. To dose to excess with drugs or…Drŭg'ger, n. p. 416A druggist. [Obs.] Burton.Drŭg'get, n. p. 416A coarse, thick woolen cloth or felt, stamped on one side with figures, and generally used as a covering and protection for carpets.Drŭg'gist, n. p. 416One who deals in drugs; especially, one whose occupation is merely to buy and sell drugs, without compounding or preparation. ☞ In the United States, the same person often carries on the business of…Drŭg'ster, n. p. 416A druggist. [Obs.] Boyle.Dru'id, n. p. 416A priest or minister of religion, among the ancient Celtic nations in Gaul, Britain, and Germany. The Druids possessed some knowledge of geometry, natural philosophy, &c., superintended the affairs…Dru'id-ess, n. p. 416A female Druid; an enchantress.Dru-ĭd'ic or Dru-ĭd'ic-al or Dru'id-ĭsh, a. p. 416Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.Dru'id-ĭsm, n. p. 416The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction received and taught by the Druids, or their rites and ceremonies.Drŭm, n. p. 416(Mus.) An instrument of music, consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere, upon which a piece of vellum is stretched, to be beaten with a stick; — the common instrument of marking time in martial…Drŭm, v. i. p. 416To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum. 2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes. “Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his…Drūm, v. t. p. 416To execute on a drum, as a tune;—with out, to expel with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, &c.;—with up, to assemble by beat of drum; to gather; to collect; as, to drum…Drüm'ble, v. i. p. 416To be confused; to go about any thing confusedly or awkwardly; to be sluggish. Shak. 2. To mumble unintelligibly in speaking. [Obs.]Drüm'-fish, n. p. 416See DRUM.Drŭm'-hĕad, n. p. 416The head or upper part of a drum. 2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with holes for levers used in turning it. Totten. Drum-head court-martial (Mil.), a court-martial called suddenly, or on the…Drūm'ly, a. p. 416Turbid; muddy. [Obs.]