Webster's Dictionary 1828

3619

DRAGGING

DRAGGING, participle present tense Drawing on the ground; drawing with labor or by force; drawing slowly or heavily; raking with a drag.

3620

DRAGGLE

DRAGGLE, verb transitive To wet and dirty by drawing on the ground or mud, or on wet grass; to drabble.DRAGGLE, verb intransitive To be drawn on the ground; to become wet or dir...

3621

DRAGGLE-TAIL

DRAGGLE-TAIL, noun A slut.

3622

DRAGGLED

DRAGGLED, participle passive Drawn on the ground; wet or dirtied by being drawn on the ground or mire.

3623

DRAGGLING

DRAGGLING, participle present tense Drawing on the ground; making dirty by drawing on the ground or wet grass.

3624

DRAGMAN

DRAGMAN, noun A fisherman that uses a dragnet.

3625

DRAGNET

DRAGNET, noun A net to be drawn on the bottom of a river or pond for taking fish.

3626

DRAGOMAN

DRAGOMAN, DROGMAN, noun An interpreter; a term in general use in the Levant and other parts of the East.

3627

DRAGON

DRAGON, noun [Latin, Gr., G.]1. A kind of winged serpent, much celebrated in the romances of the middle ages.2. A fiery, shooting meteor, or imaginary serpent.Swift, swift, ye d...

3628

DRAGON-FISH

DRAGON-FISH, noun A species of Trachinus, called the weaver. This fish is about twelve inches in length; it has two or three longitudinal lines of a dirty yellow on the sides, a...

3629

DRAGON-FLY

DRAGON-FLY, noun A genus of insects, the Libella or Libellula, having four extended wings; they are furnished with jaws; the antennae are shorter than the thorax; and the tail o...

3630

DRAGON-SHELL

DRAGON-SHELL, noun A species of concamerated patella or limpet. The top is much curved, and of an ash-color on the outside, but internally, of a bright flesh color. It is found ...

3631

DRAGON-TREE

DRAGON-TREE, noun A species of palm.

3632

DRAGONET

DRAGONET, noun1. A little dragon.2. A fish with a slender round body, colored with yellow, blue and white; the head is large and depressed at the top and has two orifices, throu...

3633

DRAGONISH

DRAGONISH, adjective In the form of a dragon; dragonlike.

3634

DRAGONLIKE

DRAGONLIKE, adjective Like a dragon; fiery; furious.

3635

DRAGONS

DRAGONS, noun A genus of plants, the Dracontium, of several species, natives of the Indies.

3636

DRAGONS-BLOOD

DRAGONS-BLOOD, noun A resinous substance, or red juice, extracted from the Dracaena draco, and other trees of a similar nature. It comes from the East Indies, in small flat cake...

3637

DRAGONS-HEAD

DRAGONS-HEAD, noun A genus of plants, the Dracocephalum, of many species, most of them herbaceous, annual or perennial plants.Dragons Head and Tail, in astronomy, are the nodes ...

3638

DRAGONS-WATER

DRAGONS-WATER, noun A plant, the Calla or African Arum.

3639

DRAGONS-WORT

DRAGONS-WORT, noun A plant, a species of Artemisia.

3640

DRAGOON

DRAGOON, noun [G., L, an ensign bearer; dragon; an appellation given to horsemen, perhaps for their rapidity or fierceness.] A soldier or musketeer who serves on horseback or on...

3641

DRAGOONADE

DRAGOONADE, noun The abandoning of a place to the rage of soldiers.

3642

DRAGOONED

DRAGOONED, participle passive Abandoned to the violence of soldiers; persecuted; harassed.

3643

DRAGOONING

DRAGOONING, participle present tense Abandoning to the rage of soldiers; persecuting; harassing; vexing.

3644

DRAIL

DRAIL, verb transitive To trail. [Not in use.]DRAIL, verb intransitive To draggle. [Not in use.]

3645

DRAIN

DRAIN, verb transitive1. To filter; to cause to pass through some porous substance.Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.2. To empty or clear of...