Webster's Dictionary 1913

5806

Doze (3)

Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.

5807

Dozen

Doz″en (dŭz″'n), n.; pl.Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (�). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two,...

5808

Dozenth

Doz″enth (?), a. Twelfth.

5809

Dozer

Doz″er (?), n. One who dozes or drowses.

5810

Doziness

Doz″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

5811

Dozy

Doz″y (?), a. Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.

5812

Dozzled

Doz″zled (?), a. Stupid; heavy. Halliwell.

5813

Drab

Drab (?), n. [AS. drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. drab, drabbe, dregs, G. treber; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. Draff.] 1. A low, sluttish ...

5814

Drab (2)

Drab, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drabbing.] To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.

5815

Drab (3)

Drab, n. [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, stri...

5816

Drab (4)

Drab, a. Of a color between gray and brown. — n. A drab color.

5817

Drabber

Drab″ber (?), n. One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.

5818

Drabbet

Drab″bet (?), n. A coarse linen fabric, or duck.

5819

Drabbish

Drab″bish, a. Somewhat drab in color.

5820

Drabbish (2)

Drab″bish (?), a. Having the character of a drab or low wench. “The drabbish sorceress.” Drant.

5821

Drabble

Drab″ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Drabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drabbling (?).] [���.See Drab, Draff.] To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. ...

5822

Drabble (2)

Drab″ble (?), v. i. To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.

5823

Drabble-tail

Drab″ble–tail′ (?), n. A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell.

5824

Drabbler

Drab″bler (?), n.(Naut.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.

5825

Dracæna

‖Dra‐cæ″na (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.☞ Dracæna Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree,...

5826

Dracanth

Dra″canth (?), n. A kind of gum; — called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.

5827

Drachm

Drachm (?), n. [See Drachma.] 1. A drachma.2. Same as Dram.

5828

Drachma

‖Drach″ma (?), n.; pl. E. Drachmas (#), L. Drachmæ (#). [L., fr. Gr. �. See Dram.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at...

5829

Drachme

‖Drach″me (?), n. See Drachma.

5830

Dracin

Dra″cin (?), n. [Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See Draconin.

5831

Draco

‖Dra″co (?), n. [L. See Dragon.] 1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.3....

5832

Draconian

Dra‐co″ni‐an (?), a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.Draconian code, orDraconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe tha...