Webster's Dictionary 1913

5860

Draggle-tailed

Drag″gle–tailed′ (?), a. Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.

5861

Draglink

Drag″link′ (?), n.(Mach.) (a) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts. (b) A drawbar.

5862

Dragman

Drag″man (?), n.; pl.Dragmen (�). A fisherman who uses a dragnet. Sir M. Hale.

5863

Dragnet

Drag″net′ (?), n. [Cf. AS. drægnet.] A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

5864

Dragoman

Drag″o‐man (?), n.; pl.Dragomans (#). [From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. �, Ar. tarjumān, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. Drogman, Truchm...

5865

Dragon

Drag″on (drăg″ŭn), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. δράκων, prob. fr. δέρκεσθαι, δράκειν, to look (akin to Skr. darç to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. Drake a d...

5866

Dragon's blood

{ Drag″on's blood, Drag″on's head, Drag″on's tail }. See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.

5867

Dragonet

Drag″on‐et (?), n. 1. A little dragon. Spenser.2. (Zoöl.) A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); — called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.

5868

Dragonish

Drag″on‐ish, a. resembling a dragon. Shak.

5869

Dragonlike

Drag″on‐like′ (–līk′), a. Like a dragon. Shak.

5870

Dragonnade

Drag′on‐nade″ (drăg′ŏn‐nād″), n. [F., fr. dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.] The severe persecutio...

5871

Dragoon

Dra‐goon″ (drȧ‐go͞on″), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Drag...

5872

Dragoon (2)

Dra‐goon″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dragooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dragooning.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of sold...

5873

Dragoonade

Drag′oon‐ade″ (?), n. See Dragonnade.

5874

Dragooner

Dra‐goon″er (?), n. A dragoon.

5875

Drail

Drail (drāl), v. t. & i. To trail; to draggle. South.

5876

Drain

Drain (drān), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Drained (drānd); p. pr. & vb. n.Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow...

5877

Drain (2)

Drain, v. i. 1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.

5878

Drain (3)

Drain, n. 1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.2. That means of which anything is drai...

5879

Drainable

Drain″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being drained.

5880

Drainage

Drain″age (?), n. 1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams ...

5881

Draine

‖Draine (?), n.(Zoöl.) The missel thrush.

5882

Drainer

Drain″er (?), n. One who, or that which, drains.

5883

Draining

Drain″ing, vb. n. of Drain, v. t.(Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.Draining tile. Same as Draintile.

5884

Drainpipe

Drain″pipe′ (?), n. A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

5885

Draintile

Drain″tile′ (?), n. A hollow tile used in making drains; — called also draining tile.

5886

Draintrap

Drain″trap′ (?), n. See 4th Trap, 5.