DRINK-MONEY
DRINK-MONEY, noun Money given to buy liquor for drink.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DRINKABLE
DRINKABLE, adjective That may be drank; fit or suitable for drink; potable.
DRINKER
DRINKER, noun One who drinks, particularly one who practices drinking spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard; a tipler.
DRINKING
DRINKING, participle present tense Swallowing liquor; sucking in; absorbing.DRINKING, noun1. The act of swallowing liquors, or of absorbing.2. The practice of drinking to excess...
DRINKING-HORN
DRINKING-HORN, noun A horn cup, such as our rude ancestors used.
DRINKING-HOUSE
DRINKING-HOUSE, noun A house frequented by tiplers; an alehouse.
DRINKLESS
DRINKLESS, adjective Destitute of drink.
DRIP
DRIP, verb intransitive [G.]1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from eaves.2 To have any liquid falling from it in drops; as, a wet garment drips.DRIP, verb transitive To let f...
DRIPPING
DRIPPING, participle present tense Falling or letting fall in drops.DRIPPING, noun The fat which falls from meat in roasting; that which falls in drops.
DRIPPING-PAN
DRIPPING-PAN, noun A pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.
DRIPPLE
DRIPPLE, adjective Weak or rare. [Not in use.]
DRIVE
DRIVE, verb transitivepreterit tense Drove, [formerly drave; participle passive Driven, G.]1. To impel or urge forward by force; to force; to move by physical force. We drive a ...
DRIVEL
DRIVEL, verb intransitive drivl. [from the root of drip.]1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot or dotard.2. To be weak or foolish; to dot...
DRIVELER
DRIVELER, noun A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool.
DRIVELING
DRIVELING, participle present tense Slavering; foolish.
DRIVEN
DRIVEN, participle passive Drivn. [from drive.] Urged forward by force; impelled to move; constrained by necessity.
DRIVER
DRIVER, noun1. One who drives; the person or thing that urges or compels any thing else to move.2. The person who drives beasts.3. The person who drives a carriage; one who cond...
DRIVING
DRIVING, participle present tense Urging forward by force; impelling.DRIVING, noun1. The act of impelling.2. Tendency.
DRIZZLE
DRIZZLE, verb intransitive [G., Latin] To rain in small drops; to fall as water from the clouds in very fine particles. We say, it drizzles; drizzling drops; drizzling rain; dri...
DRIZZLED
DRIZZLED, participle passive Shed or thrown down in small drops or particles.
DRIZZLING
DRIZZLING, participle present tense Falling in fine drops or particles; shedding in small drops or particles.DRIZZLING, noun The falling of rain or snow in small drops.
DRIZZLY
DRIZZLY, adjective Shedding small rain, or small particles of snow.The winters drizzly reign.
DROGMAN
DROGMAN. [See Dragoman.]
DROIL
DROIL, verb intransitive To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Not much used.]DROIL, noun A mope; a drone; a sluggard; a drudge. [Little used.]
DROLL
DROLL, adjective [G.] Odd; merry; facetious; comical; as a droll fellow.DROLL, noun1. One whose occupation or practice is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon.2. A ...
DROLLER
DROLLER, noun A jester; a buffoon.
DROLLERY
DROLLERY, noun1. Sportive tricks; buffoonery; comical stories; gestures, manners or tales adapted to raise mirth.2. A puppet-show.