Webster's Dictionary 1913

6157

Droller

Droll″er, n. A jester; a droll. Glanvill.

6158

Drollery

Droll″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Drolleries (#). [F. drôlerie. See Droll.] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.The rich ...

6159

Drollingly

Droll″ing‐ly, adv. In a jesting manner.

6160

Drollish

Droll″ish, a. Somewhat droll. Sterne.

6161

Drollist

Droll″ist, n. A droll. Glanvill.

6162

Dromæognathous

Dro′mæ‐og″na‐thous (?), a. [NL. dromaius emu + Gr. � jaw.] (Zoöl.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

6163

Dromatherium

‖Drom′a‐the″ri‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. δρομάσ running + θηρίον beast. See Dromedary.] (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in A...

6164

Drome

Drome (drōm), n. [F., fr. Gr. δρομάσ running. See Dromedary.] (Zoöl.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

6165

Drome (2)

Drome (drōm), n. Short for Aërodrome.

6166

Dromedary

Drom″e‐da‐ry (drŭm″ē̍‐dā̍‐ry̆), n.; pl.Dromedaries (#). [F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr. L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. δρομάσ running, from δραμείν, used as aor. of τρέχε...

6167

Dromond

{ Drom″ond (?), orDrom″on (?) }. [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr. δρόμων light vessel, prob. fr. δραμει̑ν to run. See Dromedary.] In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley...

6168

Drone

Drone (?), n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. drān; akin to OS. drān, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. � a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. � drone. Prob. named fr. the droning soun...

6169

Drone (2)

Drone (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Droned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dröhnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dröna to bellow, drone, ...

6170

Drone bee

Drone″ bee′ (?). (Zoöl.) The male of the honeybee; a drone.

6171

Drone fly

Drone″ fly′ (?). (Zoöl.) A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis.

6172

Dronepipe

Drone″pipe′, n. One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.

6173

Drongo

Dron″go (?), n.; pl.Drongos (�). (Zoöl.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridæ. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Austra...

6174

Dronish

Dron″ish (?), a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. — Dron″ish‐ly, adv. — Dron″ish‐ness, n.

6175

Dronkelewe

Dron″ke‐lewe (?), a. [See Drink.] Given to drink; drunken. Chaucer.

6176

Dronte

Dron″te (?), n.(Zoöl.) The dodo.

6177

Drony

Dron″y (?), a. Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

6178

Drool

Drool (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drooling.] [Contr. fr. drivel.] To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.His mouth drooling with texts. T. Parker.

6179

Droop

Droop (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drooping.] [Icel. dr�pa; akin to E. drop. See Drop.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, p...

6180

Droop (2)

Droop, v. t. To let droop or sink. M. Arnold.Like to a withered vineThat droops his sapless branches to the ground. Shak.

6181

Droop (3)

Droop, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

6182

Drooper

Droop″er (?), n. One who, or that which, droops.

6183

Droopingly

Droop″ing‐ly, adv. In a drooping manner.