Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dreamful

Dream″ful (?), a. Full of dreams. “ Dreamful ease.” Tennyson. — Dream″ful‐ly, adv.

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Dreamily

Dream″i‐ly (?), adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow.

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Dreaminess

Dream″i‐ness, n. The state of being dreamy.

5998

Dreamingly

Dream″ing‐ly, adv. In a dreamy manner.

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Dreamland

Dream″land′ (?), n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell.

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Dreamless

Dream″less, a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. — Dream″less‐ly, adv.

6001

Dreamy

Dream″y (?), a. [Compar.Dreamier (?); superl.Dreamiest (?).] Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. “The dreamy dells.” Tennyson.

6002

Drear

Drear (drēr), a. [See Dreary.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. “A drear and dying sound.” Milton.

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Drear (2)

Drear, n. Sadness; dismalness. Spenser.

6004

Drearihead

{ Drear″i‐head (–ĭ‐hĕd), Drear″i‐hood (–ĭ‐ho͝od), } n. Affliction; dreariness. Spenser.

6005

Drearily

Drear″i‐ly, adv. Gloomily; dismally.

6006

Dreariment

Drear″i‐ment (?), n. Dreariness. Spenser.

6007

Dreariness

Drear″i‐ness, n. 1. Sorrow; wretchedness.2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

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Drearing

Drear″ing, n. Sorrow. Spenser.

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Drearisome

Drear″i‐some (–sŭm), a. Very dreary. Halliwell.

6010

Dreary

Drear″y (drēr″y̆), a. [Compar.Drearier (?); superl.Dreariest.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dro...

6011

Drecche

Drec″che (?), v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.] 1. To vex; to torment; to trouble.As man that in his dream is drecched sore. Chaucer.

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Drecche (2)

Drec″che, v. i. To delay. Gower.

6013

Dredge

Dredge (drĕj), n. [F. drège, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. √73. See Draw.] 1. Any instrument used to gather ...

6014

Dredge (2)

Dredge (drĕj), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dredged (drĕjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Dredging.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew.Dredging machine, a ma...

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Dredge (3)

Dredge, n. [OE. dragge, F. dragée, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. �, fr. � to gnaw.] A mixture of oat...

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Dredge (4)

Dredge, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl.Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; — used fo...

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Dredger

Dredg″er (?), n. 1. One who fishes with a dredge.2. A dredging machine.

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Dredger (2)

Dredg″er, n.(Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; — used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; — called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.

6019

Dree

Dree (?), v. t. [AS. dreógan to bear, endure, complete.] To endure; to suffer.

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Dree (2)

Dree, v. i. To be able to do or endure.

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Dree (3)

Dree, a. Wearisome; tedious.