Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Drivel (2)

Driv″el, n. 1. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.2. Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.3. A driveler; a fool; an idiot. Sir P. Sidney.4. A servant; a ...

6131

Driveler

Driv″el‐er (?), n. A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written also driveller.]

6132

Driven

Driv″en (?), p. p. of Drive. Also adj.Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; — called also drive well.

6133

Drivepipe

Drive″pipe′ (?), n. A pipe for forcing into the earth.

6134

Driver

Driv″er (?), n. [From Drive.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.2. The person who drives beasts or a carr...

6135

Driveway

Drive″way′ (�), n. A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

6136

Driving

Driv″ing, a. 1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as i...

6137

Driving (2)

Driv″ing, n. 1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.2. Tendency; drift.

6138

Drizzle

Driz″zle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drizzling (?).] [Prop. freq. of AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.] To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as...

6139

Drizzle (2)

Driz″zle, v. t. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. “The air doth drizzle dew.” Shak.

6140

Drizzle (3)

Driz″zle, n. Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.

6141

Drizzly

Driz″zly (?), a. Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable. “Winter's drizzly reign.” Dryden.

6142

Drock

Drock (?), n. A water course.

6143

Drofland

{ Drof″land (?), Dryf″land (?) }, n. [See Drove.] (Law) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cat...

6144

Drogher

Dro″gher (?), n. [Cf. Drag.] A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc....

6145

Drogman

{ Drog″man (?), Drog″o‐man (?) }, n. See Dragoman.

6146

Drogue

Drogue (?), n.(Naut.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.

6147

Droh

Droh (?), imp. of Draw. Chaucer.

6148

Droil

Droil (?), v. i. [D. druilen to mope.] To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.

6149

Droil (2)

Droil, n. [D. druil sluggard. Cf. Droll.] 1. A drudge. Beau. & Fl.2. Mean labor; toil.

6150

Droit

Droit (?), n. [F. See Direct.] A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right. Abbott.‖Droit d'aubaine. See under Aubaine. — Droits ...

6151

Droitural

Droi″tu‐ral (?), a.(O. Eng. Law) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. Burrill.

6152

Droitzschka

‖Droitzsch″ka (?), n. See Drosky.

6153

Droll

Droll (?), a. [Compar.Droller (?); superl.Drollest (?).] [F. drôle; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, ...

6154

Droll (2)

Droll, n. 1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a far...

6155

Droll (3)

Droll, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drolling.] To jest; to play the buffoon.

6156

Droll (4)

Droll, v. t. 1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. L'E...