DREADLESSNESS
DREADLESSNESS, noun Fearlessness; undauntedness; freedom from fear or terror; boldness.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DREADLESSNESS, noun Fearlessness; undauntedness; freedom from fear or terror; boldness.
DREAM, noun [G.]1. The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep. We apply dream in the singular, to a series of thoughts, which occupy the mind of a sleeping person, i...
DREAMER, noun1. One who dreams.2. A fanciful man; a visionary; one who forms or entertains vain schemes; as a political dreamer3. A man lost in wild imagination; a mope; a slugg...
DREAMFUL, adjective Full of dreams.
DREAMING, participle present tense Having thoughts or ideas in sleep.
DREAMLESS, adjective Free from dreams.
DREAMT, participle passive Dremt. From dream.
DREAR, noun Dread; dismalness.DREAR, noun Dread; dismalness.DREAR, noun Dread; dismalness.DREAR, adjective Dismal; gloomy with solitude.A drear and dying sound.
DREARIHEAD, noun Dismalness; gloominess. [Not in use.]
DREARILY, adverb Gloomily; dismally.
DREARIMENT, noun Dismalness; terror.
DREARINESS, noun Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
DREARY, adjective1. Dismal; gloomy; as a dreary waste; dreary shades. This word implies both solitude and gloom.2. Sorrowful; distressing; as dreary shrieks.
DREDGE, noun1. A dragnet for taking oysters, etc.2. A mixture of oats and barley sown together.DREDGE, verb transitive To take, catch or gather with a dredgeDREDGE, verb transit...
DREDGER, noun One who fishes with a dredge; also, an utensil for scattering flour on meat while roasting.
DREDGING-BOX, noun A box used for dredging meat.
DREDGING-MACHINE, noun An engine used to take up mud or gravel from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc.
DREE, verb transitive To suffer. [Not used.]
DREGGINESS, noun [from dreggy.] Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.
DREGGISH, adjective Full of dregs; foul with lees; feculent.
DREGGY, adjective [See Dregs.] Containing dregs or lees; consisting of dregs; foul; muddy; feculent.
DREGS, nounplural [Gr.]1. The sediment of liquors; lees; grounds; feculence; any foreign matter of liquors that subsides to the bottom of a vessel.2. Waste or worthless matter; ...
DREIN. [See Drain.]
DRENCH, verb transitive [G., to water, to soak. See Drink and Drag.]1. To wet thoroughly; to soak; to fill or cover with water or other liquid; as garments drenched in rain or i...
DRENCHED, participle passive Soaked; thoroughly wet; purged with a dose.
DRENCHER, noun One who wets or steeps; one who gives a drench to a beast.
DRENCHING, participle present tense Wetting thoroughly; soaking; purging.