Drillmaster
Drill″mas′ter (?), n. One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Drillstock
Drill″stock′ (?), n.(Mech.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill. Knight.
Drily
Dri″ly (?), adv. See Dryly. Thackeray.
Drimys
‖Dri″mys (drī″mĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. δριμύσ sharp, acrid.] (Bot.) A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishes Winter's bark.
Drink
Drink (drĭṉk), v. i. [imp.Drank (drăṉk), formerly Drunk (drŭṉk); & p. p.Drunk, Drunken (–'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sen...
Drink (2)
Drink, v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,There drinks...
Drink (3)
Drink, n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.Give me some drink, Titin...
Drinkable
Drink″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele.
Drinkableness
Drink″a‐ble‐ness, n. State of being drinkable.
Drinker
Drink″er (?), n. One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.Drinker moth(Zoöl.), a large British moth (...
Drinking
Drink″ing, n. 1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.☞ Dri...
Drinkless
Drink″less, a. Destitute of drink. Chaucer.
Drip
Drip (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dripped (?) or Dript; p. pr. & vb. n.Dripping.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See Drop.] 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from...
Drip (2)
Drip, v. t. To let fall in drops.Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.
Drip (3)
Drip, n. 1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.The light drip of the suspended oar. Byron.2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sil...
Dripping
Drip″ping, n. 1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from m...
Dripple
Drip″ple (?), a. [From Drip, cf. Dribble.] Weak or rare.
Dripstone
Drip″stone′ (?), n.(Arch.) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.
Drive
Drive (drīv), v. t. [imp.Drove (drōv), formerly Drave (drāv); p. p.Driven (drĭv'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Driving.] [AS. drīfan; akin to OS. drīban, D. drijven, OHG. trīban, G. treiben...
Drive (2)
Drive, v. i. 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden.Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott....
Drive (3)
Drive (drīv), p. p. Driven. Chaucer.
Drive (4)
Drive (drīv), n. 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; — distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.2. A place suitable or ...
Drive (5)
Drive, v. i.(Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
Drive (6)
Drive, v. t. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
Drive (7)
Drive, n. 1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.2. (Golf) A stroke fr...
Drivebolt
Drive″bolt′ (?), n. A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Drivel
Driv″el (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Driveled (?) or Drivelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Driveling or Drivelling.] [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. C...