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{ Drawing knife (?), Drawknife (?) }, n. 1. A woodworkers and joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
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2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
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Drawing-room (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.] 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
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2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.
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He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay.
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Coloq. Drawing-room car . See Palace car, under .
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drawknife n. see .
Syn. -- drawshave.
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Drawl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See , and cf. .] To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
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Drawl, v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
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Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.
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Drawl, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
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Drawlatch (?), n. A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.] Old Play (1631).
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Drawling (?), n. The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawlingly, adv. Bacon.
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Drawlink (?), n. Same as (b).
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Drawloom (?), n. 1. A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.
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2. A species of damask made on the drawloom.
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Drawn (?), p. p. & a. See , v. t. & i.
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Coloq. Drawn butter , butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. -- Coloq. Drawn fowl , an eviscerated fowl. -- Coloq. Drawn game or Coloq. Drawn battle , one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. -- Coloq. Drawn fox , one driven from cover. Shak. -- Coloq. Drawn work , ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.
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Drawnet (?), n. A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. Crabb.
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drawnwork n. ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns.
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Drawplate (?), n. A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
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Drawrod (?), n. (Railroad) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.
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Drawshave (?), n. See .
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Drawspring (?), n. (Railroad) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
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Dray (?), n. A squirrel's nest. Cowper.
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Dray, n. [AS. dræge a dragnet, fr. dragan. ����. See , and cf. 2d , 1st .] 1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. Addison.
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2. A kind of sledge or sled. Halliwell.
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Coloq. Dray cart , a dray. -- Coloq. Dray horse , a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.
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Drayage (?), n. 1. Use of a dray.
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2. The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.
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Drayman (?), n.; pl. Draymen (�). A man who attends a dray.
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Drazel (?), n. [Cf. , .] A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as . [Obs.] Hudibras.
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Dread (drĕd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading.] [AS. drǣdan, in comp.; akin to OS. drādan, OHG. trātan, both only in comp.] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.
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When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.
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Dread, v. i. To be in dread, or great fear.
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Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29.
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Dread, n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
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The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson.
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The dread of something after death. Shak.
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2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
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The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2.
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His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak.
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3. An object of terrified apprehension.
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4. A person highly revered. [Obs.] “Una, his dear dread.” Spenser.
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5. Fury; dreadfulness. [Obs.] Spenser.
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6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See .
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Dread, a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
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A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young.
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2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
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Dreadable (?), a. Worthy of being dreaded.
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Dread-bolted (?), a. Armed with dreaded bolts. “Dread-bolted thunder.” [Poetic] Shak.
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Dreader (?), n. One who fears, or lives in fear.
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Dreadful (?), a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] “With dreadful heart.” Chaucer.
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2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. “ Dreadful gloom.” Milton.
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For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth.
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3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] “God's dreadful law.” Shak.

Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See .
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Dreadfully (?), adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.
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Dreadfulness, n. The quality of being dreadful.
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Dreadingly, adv. With dread. Warner.
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Dreadless, a. 1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. “The dreadless angel.” Milton.
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2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. “ safe in his dreadless den.” Spenser.
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Dreadless, adv. Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dreadlessness, n. Freedom from dread.
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Dreadly, a. Dreadful. [Obs.] “Dreadly spectacle.” Spenser. -- adv. With dread. [Obs.] “Dreadly to shake.” Sylvester (Du Bartas).
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Dreadnaught (?), n. 1. A fearless person.
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2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.
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3. A , in either sense.
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Dreadnought (?), n. 1. (Capitalized) A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns mounted in turrets, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber. She had a displacement of 17,900 tons at load draft, and a speed of 21 knots per hour.
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2. Any battleship having its main armament entirely of big guns all of one caliber. Since the Dreadnought was built, the caliber of the heaviest guns has increased from 12 in. to 131/2 in., 14 in., and 15 in., and the displacement of the largest batteships from 18,000 tons to 30,000 tons and upwards. The term superdreadnought is popularly applied to battleships with such increased displacement and gun caliber. [Also spelled dreadnaught.]
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Dream (drēm), n. [Akin to OS. drōm, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dröm; cf. G. trügen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dreám joy, gladness, and OS. drōm joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.] 1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
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Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden.
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I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron.
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2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
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There sober thought pursued the amusing theme,
Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope.
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It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp.
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Dream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (drēmd) or Dreamt (drĕmt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dreaming.] [Cf. AS. drēman, drȳman, to rejoice. See , n.] 1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
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2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
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Here may we sit and dream
Over the heavenly theme. Keble.
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They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. Locke.
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Dream, v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.
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Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17.
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At length in sleep their bodies they compose,
And dreamt the future fight. Dryden.
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And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper.
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Coloq. To dream away Coloq. To dream out , Coloq. To dream through , etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. “ Why does Antony dream out his hours?” Dryden.
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Dreamer (drēmẽr), n. 1. One who dreams.
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2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.
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Dreamful (drēmfụl), a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. -- Dreamfully, adv.
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Dreamily (drēmĭl�), adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow.
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Dreaminess, n. The state of being dreamy.
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Dreamingly, adv. In a dreamy manner.
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Dreamland (?), n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.
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[He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell.
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Dreamless, a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dreamlessly, adv.
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dreamlike adj. resembling a dream; vague or fantastic; as, night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality.
Syn. -- surreal.
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dreamworld (drēmwûrld), n. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination; a fantasy land.
Syn. -- never-never land, dreamland.
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dreamy (drēm�), a. [Compar. Dreamier (drēmĭẽr); superl. Dreamiest (?).] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. “The dreamy dells.” Tennyson.
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2. soothing; restful; as, dreamy music.
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3. Like what one dreams of; wonderful; delightful; marvelous; ideal; as, a dreamy house and garden. [informal]
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4. Prone to indulge in fantasy or daydreaming; as, a dreamy young girl.
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Drear (drēr), a. [See .] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. “A drear and dying sound.” Milton.
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Drear, n. Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] Spenser.

{ Drearihead (drērĭhĕd), Drearihood (drērĭh�d), } n. Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Drearily, adv. Gloomily; dismally.
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Dreariment (drērĭm�nt), n. Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Dreariness, n. 1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]
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2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
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Drearing, n. Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Drearisome (drērĭsŭm), a. Very dreary. Halliwell.
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Dreary (drēr�), a. [Compar. Drearier (?); superl. Dreariest.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. , , , .] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] “ Dreary shrieks.” Spenser.
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2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. “ Dreary shades.” Dryden. “The dreary ground.” Prior.
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Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble.
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Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.
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Drecche (drĕch�), v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.] 1. To vex; to torment; to trouble. [Obs.]
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As man that in his dream is drecched sore. Chaucer.
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Drecche, v. i. To delay. [Obs.] Gower.
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Dredge (drĕj), n. [F. drège, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. √73. See .] 1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
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2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond.
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Dredge (drĕj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dredged (drĕjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dredging.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew.
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Coloq. Dredging machine , a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.
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Dredge, n. [OE. dragge, F. dragée, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. traghmata, fr. trwgein to gnaw.] A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] Kersey.
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Dredge, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl.
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Coloq. Dredging box . (a) Same as 2d . (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.
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Dredger (drĕjẽr), n. 1. One who fishes with a dredge.
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2. A dredging machine.
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Dredger, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.
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Dree (drē), v. t. [AS. dreógan to bear, endure, complete.] To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]
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Dree, v. i. To be able to do or endure. [Obs.]
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Dree, a. Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.]
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Dreg (drĕg), n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. drägg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. .] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society.
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We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.
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☞ Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural.
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Dregginess (drĕggĭnĕs), n. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.
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Dreggish (drĕggĭsh), a. Foul with lees; feculent. Harvey.
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Dreggy (drĕgg�), a. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent. Boyle.
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Dreibund (?), n. [G., fr. drei three + bund league.] A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed in 1882.
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dreidel, dreidl (drād'l), n. 1. a toy shaped somewhat like a top, but having four flat sides, each marked with one of the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, or shin. It is spun like a top, and the letter showing when it stops spinning determines the outcome of a game of chance.
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2. a game of chance played with a dreidel{1}, most commonly by children at Hannukah.
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Drein (?), v. i. To drain. [Obs.] Congreve.
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Dreinte (?), imp., Dreint (�), p. p. of to drown. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dreissena (?), prop. n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician.] (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (Dreissena polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.
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Drench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dränka, G. tränken. See .] 1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.
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As “to fell,” is “to make to fall,” and “to lay,” to make to lie.” so “to drench,” is “to make to drink.” Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain. Dryden.
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Drench, n. [AS. drenc. See , v. t.] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. “A drench of wine.” Dryden.
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Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.
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Drench, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] Burrill.
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Drenche (?), v. t. & i. To drown. [Obs.]
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In the sea he drenched. Chaucer.
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Drencher (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, west or steeps.
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2. One who administers a drench.
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Drengage (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) The tenure by which a drench held land. [Obs.] Burrill.
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Drent (?), p. p. [See .] Drenched; drowned. [Obs.] “Condemned to be drent.” Spenser.
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Dresden ware (?). A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Saxony.
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Dress (drĕs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressed (drĕst) or Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser, (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See , and cf. , , , .] 1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.]
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At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. Chaucer.
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☞ Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of “to direct one's step; to address one's self.”
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To Grisild again will I me dresse. Chaucer.
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2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
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3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.
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4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
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