Webster's Dictionary 1913

6238

Drub (2)

Drub, n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.

6239

Drubber

Drub″ber (?), n. One who drubs. Sir W. Scott.

6240

Drudge

Drudge (drŭj), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drudging.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To p...

6241

Drudge (2)

Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; — with away.Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.

6242

Drudge (3)

Drudge, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant. Milton.

6243

Drudger

Drudg″er (drŭj″ẽr), n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge.2. A dredging box.

6244

Drudgery

Drudg″er‐y (?), n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay.Paradise was a place of bliss... ...

6245

Drudging box

Drudg″ing box′ (?). See Dredging box.

6246

Drudgingly

Drudg″ing‐ly, adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously.

6247

Druery

Dru″er‐y (?), n. [OF. druerie.] Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love. Chaucer.

6248

Drug

Drug (?), v. i. [See 1st Drudge.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. “To drugge and draw.” Chaucer.

6249

Drug (2)

Drug, n. A drudge (?). Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253).

6250

Drug (3)

Drug, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See Dry.] 1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the ...

6251

Drug (4)

Drug, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drugging.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. B. Jonson.

6252

Drug (5)

Drug, v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.The laboring masses... drugged into brutish good humor by a vast syst...

6253

Drugger

Drug″ger (?), n. A druggist. Burton.

6254

Drugget

Drug″get (?), n. [F. droguet, prop. dim. of drogue trash, stuff, perh, the same word as drogue drug, but cf. also W. drwg evil, bad, Ir. & Gael. droch, Arm. droug, drouk. See 3d...

6255

Druggist

Drug″gist (?), n. [F. droguiste, fr. drogue. See 3d Drug.] One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or ap...

6256

Drugster

Drug″ster (?), n. A druggist. Boule.

6257

Druid

Dru″id (?), n. [L. Druides; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. draoi, druidh, magician, Druid, W. derwydd Druid.] 1. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed amo...

6258

Druidess

Dru″id‐ess, n. A female Druid; a prophetess.

6259

Druidic

{ Dru‐id″ic (?), Dru‐id″ic‐al (?), } a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.Druidical circles. See under Circle.

6260

Druidish

Dru″id‐ish (?), a. Druidic.

6261

Druidism

Dru″id‐ism (?), n. The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

6262

Drum

Drum (?), n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a...

6263

Drum (2)

Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Drummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drumming.] 1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; ...

6264

Drum (3)

Drum, v. t. 1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.3. (With up) To asse...