DRAW-BRIDGE
DRAW-BRIDGE, noun A bridge which may be drawn up or let down to admit or hinder communication, as before the gate of a town or castle, or in a bridge over a navigable river. In ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DRAW-NET
DRAW-NET, noun A net for catching the larger sorts of fowls, made of pack-thread, with wide meshes.
DRAW-WELL
DRAW-WELL, noun A deep well, from which water is drawn by a long cord or pole.
DRAWABLE
DRAWABLE, adjective That may be drawn.
DRAWBACK
DRAWBACK, noun1. Money or an amount paid back. Usually, a certain amount of duties or customs, paid or bonded by an importer, paid back or remitted to him on the exportation of ...
DRAWEE
DRAWEE, noun The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; the payer of a bill or exchange.
DRAWER
DRAWER, noun1. One who draws or pulls; one who takes water from a well; one who draws liquors from a cask.2. That which draws or attracts, or has the power of attraction.3. He w...
DRAWING
DRAWING, participle present tense Pulling; hauling; attracting; delineating.DRAWING, noun1. The act of pulling, hauling, or attracting.2. The act of representing the appearance ...
DRAWING-MASTER
DRAWING-MASTER, noun One who teaches the art of drawing.
DRAWING-ROOM
DRAWING-ROOM, noun1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room in which distinguished personages hold levees, or private persons receive parties. It is written by...
DRAWL
DRAWL, verb transitive To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.DRAWL, verb intransitive To speak with slow utterance.DRAWL, noun A lengthened utterance of the voice.
DRAWLING
DRAWLING, participle present tense Uttering words slowly.
DRAWN
DRAWN, participle passive [See Draw.]1. Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; derived; deduced; written.2. Equal, where each party takes his own s...
DRAY
DRAY, noun [Latin]1. A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.2. A sled.
DRAY-CART
DRAY-CART, noun A dray.
DRAY-HORSE
DRAY-HORSE, noun A horse used for drawing a dray.
DRAY-MAN
DRAY-MAN, noun A man who attends a dray.
DRAY-PLOW
DRAY-PLOW, noun A particular kind of plow.
DRAZEL
DRAZEL, noun Drazl. A dirty woman; a slut. [This is a vulgar word; in New England pronounced drozl, and I believe always applied to a female.]
DREAD
DREAD, noun Dred. [Latin, to dread; fearful; to tremble. The primary sense is probably to tremble, or to shrink.]1. Great fear, or apprehension of evil or danger. It expresses m...
DREADABLE
DREADABLE, adjective That is to be dreaded. [Not used.]
DREADED
DREADED, participle passive Feared.
DREADER
DREADER, noun One that fears, or lives in fear.
DREADFUL
DREADFUL, adjective1. Impressing great fear; terrible; formidable; as a dreadful storm, or dreadful night.The great and dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4:5.2. Awful; venerable...
DREADFULLY
DREADFULLY, adverb Terribly; in a manner to be dreaded.
DREADFULNESS
DREADFULNESS, noun Terribleness; the quality of being dreadful; frightfulness.
DREADLESS
DREADLESS, adjective Fearless; bold; not intimidated; undaunted; free from fear or terror; intrepid.