Webster's Dictionary 1913

6049

Dressmaking

Dress″mak′ing, n. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

6050

Dressy

Dress″y (?), a. Showy in dress; attentive to dress.A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook.A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.

6051

Drest

Drest (?), p. p. of Dress.

6052

Dretch

Dretch (?), v. t. & i. See Drecche.

6053

Dreul

Dreul (?), v. i. To drool.

6054

Drevil

Drev″il (?), n. A fool; a drudge. See Drivel.

6055

Drew

Drew (?), imp. of Draw.

6056

Drey

Drey (?), n. A squirrel's nest. See Dray.

6057

Dreye

Dreye (?), a. Dry. Chaucer.

6058

Dreynte

Dreyn″te (?), imp., Dreynt (�), p. p., of Drench to drown. Chaucer.

6059

Drib

Drib (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dribbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate...

6060

Drib (2)

Drib (?), v. t. & i.(Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. Sir P. Sidney.

6061

Drib (3)

Drib, n. A drop. Swift.

6062

Dribber

Drib″ber (?), n. One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. Ascham.

6063

Dribble

Drib″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dribbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dribbing (?).] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.] 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succe...

6064

Dribble (2)

Drib″ble, v. t. To let fall in drops.Let the cook... dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.

6065

Dribble (3)

Drib″ble, n. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.

6066

Dribble (4)

Drib″ble (?), v. t. In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control.

6067

Dribble (5)

Drib″ble, v. i. 1. In football and similar games, to dribble the ball.2. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

6068

Dribble (6)

Drib″ble, n. An act of dribbling a ball.

6069

Dribbler

Drib″bler (?), n. One who dribbles.

6070

Dribblet

{ Drib″blet (?), Drib″let (?), } n. [From Dribble.] A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.When ma...

6071

Drie

Drie (?), v. t. [See Dree.] To endure.So causeless such drede for to drie. Chaucer.

6072

Dried

Dried (drīd), imp. & p. p. of Dry. Also adj.; as, dried apples.

6073

Drier

Dri″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.2. (P...

6074

Drier (2)

Dri″er, compar., Dri″est, superl., of Dry, a.

6075

Drift

Drift (?), n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See Drive.] 1. ...