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Dropworm (drŏpwûrm), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm. See and .
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Dropwort (drŏpwûrt), n. (Bot.) An Old World species of Spiræa (Spiræa filipendula), with finely cut leaves.
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Drosera (drŏs�rȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. droseros dewy.] (Bot.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See . Gray.
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Droseraceae n. a natural family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs.
Syn. -- family Droseraceae, sundew family.
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droshky n. same as .
Syn. -- drosky.
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drosky (drŏsk�), n.; pl. Droskies (drŏskĭz). [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, formerly used in Poland and Russia, 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. Other kinds of vehicles have been so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, droshky and droschke.]
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Drosometer (?), n. [Gr. drosos dew + -meter: cf. F. drosomètre.] (Meteorol.) An 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 from the deposit of dew.
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Drosophilidae n. a natural family of insects including some of those called fruit flies.
Syn. -- family Drosophilidae.
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Drosophyllum n. a genus of dicotyledonous plants having only one species.
Syn. -- genus Drosophyllum.
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Dross (drŏs; 115), n. [AS. dros, fr. dreósan to fall. See .] 1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.
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2. Rust of metals. [R.] Addison.
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3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
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All world's glory is but dross unclean. Spenser.
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At the devil's booth are all things sold,
Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. Lowell.
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Drossel (?), n. [Cf. .] A slut; a hussy; a drazel. [Obs.] Warner.
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Drossless, a. Free from dross. Stevens.
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Drossy (?), a. [Compar. Drossier (?); superl. Drossiest (?).] Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless. “ Drossy gold.” Dryden. “Drossy rhymes.” Donne. -- Drossiness, n.
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Drotchel (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Drough (?), imp. of . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Drought (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth, druȝð, AS. drugað, from drugian to dry. See , and cf. , which shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.
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The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer.
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In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.
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2. Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.
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3. Scarcity; lack.
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A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.
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Droughtiness (?), n. A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
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Droughty (?), a. 1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.
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Droughty and parched countries. Ray.
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2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.
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Thy droughty throat. Philips.
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Droumy (?), a. [Cf. Scot. drum, dram, melancholy, Icel prumr a moper, W. trwm heavy, sad.] Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Drouth (?), n. Same as . Sandys.
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Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon.
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One whose drouth [thirst],
Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton.
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In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.
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Drouthy (?), a. Droughty.
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Drove (?), imp. of .
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Drove, n. [AS. drāf, fr. drīfan to drive. See .] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
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2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.
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3. A crowd of people in motion.
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Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.
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4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
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5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.
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6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
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Drove (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Droved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Droving (?).] [Cf. , n., and .] 1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.

He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. Paterson.
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2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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Droven (?), p. p. of . [Obs.]
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Drover (?), n. 1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
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Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.
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2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Drovy (?), a. [AS. drōf dirty; cf. D. droef, G. trübe, Goth. drōbjan to trouble.] Turbid; muddy; filthy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Drow (?), imp. of . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Drown (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See , .] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
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Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak.
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Drown, v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. “They drown the land.” Dryden.
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2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
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3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
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Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies.
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My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison.
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Coloq. To drown up , to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.
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Drownage (?), n. The act of drowning. [R.]
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Drowner (?), n. One who, or that which, drowns.
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Drowse (drouz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed (drouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. drūsian, drūsan, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. drūsen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dreósan to fall. See .] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. “He drowsed upon his couch.” South.
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In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
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Drowse, v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.
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Drowse, n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
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But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.
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drowsihead (?), n. Drowsiness. [archaic] Thomson.
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drowsihed, n. Drowsihead. [Obs.] Spenser.
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drowsily, adv. In a drowsy manner.
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drowsiness, n. State of being drowsy. Milton.
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drowsing adj. prenom. sleeping lightly.
Syn. -- drowsy, dozing(prenominal), napping(prenominal), nodding(prenominal).
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Drowsy (?), a. [Compar. Drowsier (?); superl. Drowsiest.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. “When I am drowsy.” Shak.
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Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
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To our age's drowsy blood
Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.
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2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
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The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.
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3. Dull; stupid. “ Drowsy reasoning.” Atterbury.

Syn. -- Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
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Drowth (?), n. See . Bacon.
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Droyle (?), v. i. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Drub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
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Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.
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Drub, n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.
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Drubber (?), n. One who drubs. Sir W. Scott.
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Drudge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
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He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.
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Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
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Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
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Drudge, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
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Drudger (?), n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge.
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2. A dredging box.
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Drudgery (?), n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
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The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay.
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Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.

Syn. -- See .
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Drudging box (?). See .
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Drudgingly, adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously.
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Druery (?), n. [OF. druerie.] Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Drug (drŭg), v. i. [See 1st .] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] “To drugge and draw.” Chaucer.
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Drug, n. A drudge (?). Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253).
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Drug, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See .] 1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines.
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Whence merchants bring
Their spicy drugs. Milton.
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2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand; -- used often in the phrase “a drug on the market”. “But sermons are mere drugs.” Fielding.
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And virtue shall a drug become. Dryden.
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3. any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.
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4. any substance intended for use in the treatment, prevention, diagnosis, or cure of disease, especially one listed in the official pharmacopoeia published by a national authority.
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5. any substance having psychological effects, such as a narcotic, stimulant, or hallucinogenic agent, especially habit-forming and addictive substances, sold or used illegally; as, a drug habit; a drug treatment program; a teenager into drugs; a drug bust; addicted to drugs; high on drugs.
Syn. -- illegal drug. [PJC]

They [smaller and poorer nations] have lined up to recount how drug trafficking and consumption have corrupted their struggling economies and societies and why they are hard pressed to stop it. Christopher S. Wren (N Y. Times, June 10, 1998, p. A5)
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Drug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drugging.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. B. Jonson.
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Drug, v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.
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The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. C. Kingsley.
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Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. Tennyson.
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2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
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Drugged as oft,
With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. Milton.
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3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.
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With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. Byron.
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drugged adj. under the influence of narcotics or hypnotic drugs.
Syn. -- doped, narcotized.
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drugging n. the administration of a sedative agent or drug.
Syn. -- sedation.
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Drugger (?), n. A druggist. [Obs.] Burton.
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Drugget (?), n. [F. droguet, prop. dim. of drogue trash, stuff, perh, the same word as drogue drug, but cf. also W. drwg evil, bad, Ir. & Gael. droch, Arm. droug, drouk. See 3d .] (a) A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets. (b) By extension, any material used for the same purpose.
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druggist (?), n. [F. droguiste, fr. drogue. See 3d .] 1. One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; one who owns or operates a drugstore.
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2. one who compounds drugs or distributes drugs into containers for distribution to customers; a pharmacist or apothecary.
Syn. -- dispensing chemist. [PJC]

☞ The same person often serves as both pharmacist and retail seller of drugs. See the Note under .
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Drugster (?), n. A druggist. [Obs.] Boule.
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drugstore n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
Syn. -- apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, dispensary, pharmacy.
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Druid (?), n. [L. Druides; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. draoi, druidh, magician, Druid, W. derwydd Druid.] 1. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons.
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☞ The Druids superintended the affairs of religion and morality, and exercised judicial functions. They practiced divination and magic, and sacrificed human victims as a part of their worship. They consisted of three classes; the bards, the vates or prophets, and the Druids proper, or priests. Their most sacred rites were performed in the depths of oak forests or of caves.
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2. A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.
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Coloq. Druid stones , a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.
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Druidess, n. A female Druid; a prophetess.

{ Druidic (?), Druidical (?), } a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.
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Coloq. Druidical circles . See under .
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Druidish (?), a. Druidic.
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Druidism (?), n. The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.
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Drum (?), n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
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The drums cry bud-a-dub. Gascoigne.
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2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as: (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane. (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.
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3. (Zoöl.) See .
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4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout. [Archaic]
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Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and emptiness of the entertainment. Smollett.
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☞ There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and uproar, as the significant name of each declares.
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5. A tea party; a kettledrum. G. Eliot.
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Coloq. Bass drum . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Double drum . See under .
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Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drumming.] 1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
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2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
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Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair. W. Irving.
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3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] Dryden.
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4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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Drum, v. t. 1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.
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2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
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3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers.
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Drumbeat (?), n. The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
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Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. D. Webster.
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Drumble (?), v. i. [See .] 1. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. To mumble in speaking. [Obs.]
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Drumfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Sciænidæ, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.
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