DRUGGER
DRUGGER, noun A druggist. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DRUGGET
DRUGGET, noun A cloth or thin stuff of wool, or of wool and thread, corded or plain, usually plain.
DRUGGIST
DRUGGIST, noun One who deals in drugs; properly, one whose occupation is merely to but and sell drugs, without compounding or preparation. In America, the same person often carr...
DRUGSTER
DRUGSTER, noun A druggist. [Not used.]
DRUID
DRUID, noun A priest or minister of religion, among the ancient Celtic nations in Gaul, Britain and Germany. The Druids possessed some knowledge of geometry, natural philosophy,...
DRUIDIC
DRUIDIC, DRUIDICAL, adjective Pertaining to the Druids.
DRUIDICAL
DRUIDIC, DRUIDICAL adjective Pertaining to the Druids.
DRUIDISM
DRUIDISM, noun The system of religion, philosophy and instruction taught by the druids, or their doctrines, rites and ceremonies.
DRUM
DRUM, noun [G., Latin]1. A martial instrument of music, in form of a hollow cylinder, and covered at the ends with vellum, which is stretched or slackened at pleasure.2. In mach...
DRUM-FISH
DRUM-FISH, noun A fish, found on the coast of North America.
DRUM-MAJOR
DRUM-MAJOR, noun The chief or first drummer of a regiment.
DRUM-MAKER
DRUM-MAKER, noun One who makes drums.
DRUM-STICK
DRUM-STICK, noun The stick with which a drum is beaten, or shaped for the purpose of beating a drum.
DRUMBLE
DRUMBLE, verb intransitive To drone; to be sluggish. [Not in use.]
DRUMLY
DRUMLY, adjective Thick; stagnant; muddy. [Not in use.]
DRUMMER
DRUMMER, noun One whose office is to beat the drum, in military exercises and marching; one who drums.
DRUNK
DRUNK, adjective [from drunken. See Drink.]1. Intoxicated; inebriated; overwhelmed or overpowered by spirituous liquor; stupefied or inflamed by the action of spirit on the stom...
DRUNKARD
DRUNKARD, noun One given to ebriety or an excessive used of strong liquor; a person who habitually or frequently is drunk.A drunkard and a glutton shall come to poverty. Proverb...
DRUNKEN
DRUNKEN, adjective Drunkn. [participle of drink, but now used chiefly as an adjective, and often contracted to drunk.]1. Intoxicated; inebriated with strong liquor.2. Given to d...
DRUNKENLY
DRUNKENLY, adverb In a drunken manner. [Little used.]
DRUNKENNESS
DRUNKENNESS, noun1. Intoxication; inebriation; a state in which a person is overwhelmed or overpowered with spirituous liquors, so that his reason is disordered, and he reels or...
DRUPACEOUS
DRUPACEOUS, adjective1. Producing drupes; as drupaceous trees.2. Pertaining to drupes; or consisting of drupes; as drupaceous fruit; drupaceous follicles.
DRUPE
DRUPE, noun [Latin, Gr, olives ready to fall, Gr., a tree; to fall.] In botany, a pulpy pericarp or fruit without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel; as the plum, c...
DRUSE
DRUSE, noun [G., a gland, glanders.] Among miners, a cavity in a rock having its interior surface studded with crystals, or filled with water.
DRUSY
DRUSY, adjective S as z. Abounding with very minute crystals; as a drusy surface.
DRY
DRY, adjective [See the Verb.]1. Destitute of moisture; free from water or wetness; arid; not moist; as dry land; dry clothes.2. Not rainy; free from rain or mist; as dry weathe...
DRYAD
DRYAD, noun [Latin, Gr., a tree.] In mythology, a deity or nymph of the woods; a nymph supposed to preside over woods.