DOUBLE-SHADED, pp. Made doubly dark. ́ DOUBLE SHADING, ppr Doubling the natural darkness of a place. DOUBLE-SHINING, a. Shining with double lustre. DOUBLE-STAR, n. A star which usually appears single, but in the telescope is resolved into two stars.-D. Olmsted. DOUBLE-THREADED, a Consisting of two threads twisted together. DOUBLE-TONGUED (dubbl-tungd), a. Making contrary declarations on the same subject at different times; deceitful DOUBLED (dubbld), pp. Folded; increased by adding an equa quantity, sum, or value; repeated; turned or passed round DOUBLE-NESS (dubbl-nes), n. 1. The state of being doubled. 2. Duplicity. DOUBLER, R. 1. He who doubles. 2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electrometer. DOUBLET (dublet), n. (Fr. doublet.] 1. The inner garment of a man; a waistcoat or vest. 2. Two; a pair. 3. A word or phrase unintentionally doubled, or set up a second time, by printers.-4. Among lapidaries, a counterfeit stone composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color between them. DOUBLETS, . 1. A game on dice within tables. 2. The same number on both dice. 3. A double meaning. DOUBLING, Ppr. Making twice the sum, number, or quantity; repeating: passing round; turning to escape. DOUBLING, R. The act of making double; also, a fold; a plait; also, an artifice; a shift. DOUB-LOON' (dub-loon), n. [Fr. doublon; Sp. doblon.] A Spanish and Portuguese coin, being double the value of the pistole. DOUBLY (dubbly), adv. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree. DOUBT (dout), v. i. [Fr. douter.] 1. To be in suspense; to be in uncertainty respecting the truth or fact; to be undetermined. 2. To be apprehensive. Otway.-SYN. To waver; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question; suspect. DOUBT (dout), . . 1. To question, or hold questionable; to withhold assent from; to hesitate to believe. 2. TO fear; to suspect-Milton. 3. To distrust; to withhold confidence from. 4. To fill with fear; [obs.] DOUBT (dout), a. 1. A fluctuation of mind respecting truth or propriety, arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of mind; suspense; unsettled state of opinion. 2. Uncertainty of condition.-Deut., xxviii., 66. 3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension.-Gal., iv., 20. 4. Difficulty objected; as, to solve doubts. 5. Dread; horror and danger; [obs.] DOUBTA-BLË, a. That may be doubted.-Sherwood. DOUBTED (douted), pp. Scrupled; questioned; not certain or settled. DOUBTER, R. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples. DOUBTFUL, a 1. Not settled in opinion; [applied to persons.] 2 Not clear in its meaning; as, a doubtful expression. 3. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or cer tain; not decided; as, of doubtful authority. 4. Of uncertain issue.-Milton. 5. Not secure; suspicious.-Hooker. 6. Not confident; not without fear; indicating doubt. -Milton. 7. Not certain or defined. Milton.-SYN. Wavering; hesitating; undetermined; distrustful; dubious; uncertain; equivocal; obscure; ambiguous; problematical; questionable; precarious; hazardous. DOUBTFUL-LY, adv. 1. In a doubtful manner; dubiously. 2. With doubt; irresolutely. 3. Ambiguously; with uncertainty of meaning. 4. In a state of dread; [obs.] DOUBTFUL-NESS, n. 1. A state of doubt or uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; suspense; instability of opinion. 2. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning. 3. Uncertainty of event or issue; uncertainty of condition. DOUBTING, ppr. or a. Wavering in mind; calling in question; hesitating. DOUBTING-LY, adv. In a doubting manner; dubiously; without confidence. DOUBTLESS, a. Free from fear or danger; secure. DOUBTLESS, ade. Without doubt or question; unquestionably. DOUBTLESS-LY, adv. Unquestionably.-Beaumont and Fletcher. DOUCED (doost), n. [Fr. douce.] A musical instrument. DOUCET, . [Fr.] A custard. DOU-CEUR' (doo-súr or doo-saur), n. [Fr.] A present or gift; a bribe. DOUCHE (doosh), n. A jet or current of water directed with considerable force on to some diseased part of the body, with a view to strengthen it. DOU-CINE' (doo-seen'), n. [Fr.] A molding concave above and convex below; a French term for the cyma. DOUEKER, n. A bird that dips or dives in water, a diver. DOUGH (dō), n. [Sax. dah.] Paste of bread; a mass composed of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not baked.-My cake is dough, that is, my undertaking has not come to maturity.-Shak DOUGH'-BAKED (dō'-bākt), a. Unfinished; not hardened to perfection; soft.-Donne. DŌUGH'-KNEAD'ED, a. Soft; like dough.-Milton. DōUGH'-NUT, n. A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs, and sugar, moistened with milk and boiled in lard. DOUGHTI-LY, ado. With doughtiness. DOUGH'TI-NESS (dou'te-nes), n. Valor; bravery. DOUGHTY (dou'ty), a. [Sax. dohtig.] Brave; valiant; [now seldom used, except ironically.] DOUGH'Y (do'y), a. Like dough; soft; yielding to press ure; pale. DOUSE, v. t. 1. To thrust or plunge into water.-2. In seamen's language, to strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the top-sail. Also, to extinguish. DOUSE, v. i. To fall suddenly into water.-Hudibras. DOUSED (doust), pp. Plunged into water. DOUSING, ppr. Plunging into water. DOUT, v. t. To put out; to extinguish.—Shak. DOUTER, n. An extinguisher for candles. DOUZEAVE (doo'zeve), n. [Fr. douze.] In music, a scale of twelve degrees. DOVE (duv), n. [Sax. duna.] 1. A name given to several species of birds, also called pigeons, distinguished for their gentleness and timidity. 2. A word of endearment or an emblem of innocence. DOVE-COT, n. A small building or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, in which domestic pig. eons breed. DOVE'-HOUSE, n. A house or shelter for doves. DOVE-TAIL, n. In carpentry, the manner of fastening boards and timbers together by letting one piece into another in the form of a dove's tail spread, or wedge reversed. DOVE-TAIL, v. t. To unite by a tenon in form of a pigeon's tail spread, let into a board or timber. DOVE-TAILED (duv-tald), pp. or a. United by a tenon in form of a dove's tail. DOVE'-TAIL-ING, ppr. Uniting by a dove-tail. DOVE-TAIL-ING, n. The act of joining by dove-tails; the junction thus made. DOVE'S-FOOT, n. A plant, a species of geranium. DOVELET, n. A young or small dove.-Booth. DOVE'LIKE, a. Resembling a dove.-Milton. DOVE'SHIP, n. The qualities of a dove.-Hall. Dō'VER'S POWDER, n. In medicine, a compound of ipecacuanha, opium, and sulphate of potash; an excellent sedative and sudorific.-Brande. DOVISH (duv'ish), a. Like a dove; innocent. DOW'A-BLE, a. That may be endowed; entitled to dower. DOW'A-GER, n. [Fr. douairiere.] A widow with a jointure a title particularly given to the widows of princes and persons of rank. The widow of a king is called queen dow ager. DOW'CETS, n. pl. The testicles of a hart or stag. DOWDY, n. [Scot. dawdie.] An awkward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman.-Dryden." DOW'DY, a. Awkward; ill-dressed; vulgar-looking.-Gay. DOW'DY-ISH, a. Like a dowdy. DOW'EL, v. t. To fasten two boards together by pins in the edges; as, the cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. DOW'EL-PIN, n. A pin inserted in the edges of boards to fasten them together. DOW'ELED, pp. Fastened by pins in the edges. DOWERED, a. Furnished with dower, or a portion. DOWLAS, n. A kind of coarse linen cloth.-Shak. DOWLY, a. Melancholy; sad; [applied to persons;] lonely, [to places.-Grose. North of England.] Sometimes writ ten and spoken daly. DOWN, n. [Sw. dun.] 1. The fine soft feathers of fowls. particularly of the duck kind. Also, fine hair. 2. The pu bescence of plants, a fine hairy substance. 3. The pappus or little crown of certain seeds of plants; a fine feathery or hairy substance, by which seeds are conveyed to a distance by the wind. 4. Any thing that soothes or mollifies. -Southern. DOWN, n. [Sax. dun.] 1. A bank or elevation of sand thrown up by the sea. 2. A term applied in England to tracts of poor, naked, hilly land, used only for pasturing sheep. Brande.-3. The Downs, a well-known road for shipping in the English Channel, near Deal. DOWN, prep. [Sax. dun, adun.] 1. Along a descent; from a higher to a lower place. 2. Toward the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake. Hence, figuratively, to pass down the stream of life.-Down the sound, in the direction of the ebb-tide toward the sea.-Down the country, toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. DOWN, adv. 1. In a descending direction; tending from a higher to a lower place. 2. On the ground or at the bottom. 3. Below the horizon, as the sun. 4. In the direction from a higher to a lower condition. 5. Into disrepute or disgrace; as, to put down error. 6. Into subjection; into a due consistence. 7. At length; extended or prostrate on the ground or on any flat surface.-Up and down, here and there; in a rambling course.-Down with a build. ing, is a command to pull it down, to demolish it.-Down with him, signifies throw or take him down.-It is often used by seamen; as, down with the fore-sail, &c. DOWN, a. Downcast; plain; dejected; as, a down look. DOWN-BEAR, v. t. To bear down; to depress.-E. Irving. DOWN'-BEAR-ING, ppr. Bearing down." DOWN-BEAR-ING, n. The act of pressing or bearing down. DOWN'-BED, n. A bed of down." DOWN'-HAUL, n. In seamen's language, a rope passing along a stay through the cringles of the stay-sail or jib, and made fast to the upper corner of the sail, to haul it down. DOWN'-SIT-TING, n. The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. DOWNEAST, a Cast downward; directed to the ground. DOWN'EAST, n. Sadness; melancholy look. DOWNEAST-ING, a. Casting down; dejecting. DOWNED, a. Covered or stuffed with down.-Young. DOWNFALL, n. 1. A falling, or body of things falling. 2. Ruin; destruction; a sudden fall or ruin by violence, in distinction from slow decay or declension. 3. Figuratively, a sudden fall; a depression or ruin of reputation or estate. DOWNFALL-EN, a. Fallen; ruined.-Carew. DOWN'GYVED, a. Hanging down like the loose cincture of fetters.-Steevens. DOWN'HEART-ED, a. Dejected in spirits. DOWN'LY-ING, n. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. DOWN'LY-ING, a. About to lie down or to be in travail of childbirth.-Johnson. DOWN'RIGHT (-rite), adv. 1. Right down; straight down; perpendicularly. 2. In plain terms; without ceremony or circumlocution. 3. Completely; without stopping short. DOWN'RIGHT, a. 1. Directly to the point; plain; open; artless; undisguised. 2. Plain; artless; unceremonious; blunt. DOWNRIGHT-LY, adv. Plainly; in plain terms; bluntly. DOWNRIGHT-NESS, n. Plainness; absence of disguise. -Gomersall. DOWN TROD, a. Trodden down; trampled down. DOWNTRODDEN, -Shak. DOWNWARD, adv. 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth or not. 2. In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin, or source. 3. In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor considered as a head. 4. In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction. DOWN'WARD, a 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place, as on a slope or declivity, or in the open air; tending toward the earth or its center. 2. Declivous; bending.-Dryden. 3. Descending from a head, origin, or source. 4. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected. DOWN'WEED, n. Cottonweed, a downy plant. 'DOWN'Y, a. 1. Covered with down or nap. 2. Covered with pubescence or soft hairs, as a plant. 3. Made of down or soft feathers. 4. Soft; calm; soothing, as sleep. -Shak. 5. Resembling down. DOWRE. The same as dower. DOW'RESS, n. A woman entitled to dower.-Bouvier. DOWRY, n. [See DOWER.] 1. The money, goods, or estate which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; the portion given with a wife. 2. The reward paid for a wife. 3. A gift; a fortune given. +DOWSE, v. t. [Sw. daska.] To strike on the face. +DOWSE, +DOWST, N. A blow on the face.-Smart. [Vulgar.] DOX-O-LOGIE-AL, a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God.-Howell. DOX-OL'O-GĪZE, v. i. To give glory to God. DOX-OL'O-GIZ-ING, ppr. Giving glory to God. DOXY, n. [qu. Sw. docka.] A loose wench; a prostitute — DOZEN (duz'n), a. [Fr. douzaine.] Twelve in number; [in DRAB, n. [Fr. drap.] A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun color. DRAB, a. Being of a dun color, like the cloth so called. DRABBING, ppr. Keeping company with lewd women. barbels. To fish for barbels with a long line. DRAB'BLING, n. A method of angling for barbels. sometimes laced to the bottom of a bonnet on a square sail. DRACHM (dram), n. See DRACHMA, and DRAM. DRACHMA (drak'mā), n. [L.] 1. A silver coin among the Greeks, having a different value in different states and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma was 94d., or about 18 cents.-Smith's Dict. 2. A weight among the Greeks of 2 dwts, and 7 grains Troy-Brande DRA'CIN, n. A supposed alkaloid obtained from dragon'sblood. DRA'CO, n. [L.] 1. In astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere. 2. Aluminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. A genus of animals of two species Sce DRAGON. DRA-CO'NIN, n. A red resinous substance obtained from dragon's-blood. DRA-CONTIЄ, a. [L. draco.] In astronomy, belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one entire revolution. DRA-€UN¤V-LUS, n. 1. In botany, a plant, a species of arum.-2. In zoology, a fish, the dragonet.-3. Guinea worm, supposed to be a worm which penetrates the human skin, and insinuates itself between the muscles. †DRAD, a. Terrible. This was also the old pret. of dread. DRÄFF, n. [D. draf, droef.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine, or grains to cows; waste matter.-Dryden. DRÄFFISH, a. Worthless. DRÄFFY, a. Dreggy; waste; worthless. DRAFT, n. [corrupted from draught.] 1. A drawing. In this sense, draught is perhaps most common. 2. A draw. ing of men from a military band; a selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or any part of it, or from a military post. Sometimes a drawing of men from other com. panies or societies. 3. An order directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. 4. A drawing of lines for a plan; a figure described on paper; delineation; sketch; plan delineated. 5. Depth of water necessary to float a ship. 6. A writing composed. See DRAUGHT. DRÄFT, v. t. 1. To draw the outline; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial or a lease, 3. To draw men from a military band or post; to select; to detach. 4. To draw men from any company, collec tion, or society. DRAFT-HORSE, n. A horse employed in drawing, partic ularly in drawing heavy loads or in plowing. DRÄFT-OX, n. An ox employed in drawing. DRÄFTED, pp. or a. Drawn; delineated; detached DRAFTING, ppr. Drawing; delineating; detaching. DRÄFTS, n. pl. A game played on a checkered board; hence, it is often called checkers in America. DRAG, v. t. [Sax. dragan.] 1. To pull; to haul; to draw along the ground by main force; applied particularly to drawing heavy things with labor along the ground or oth er surface. 2. To break land by drawing a drag or har row over it; to barrow; [common in New England.] 3. To draw along slowly or heavily; to draw any thing burd. ensome. 4. To draw along in contempt, as unworthy to be carried. 5. To pull or haul about roughly and forcibly. 6. To explore with a drag; as, to drag a pond or river for a dead body.-In seamen's language, to drag an anchor, is to draw or trail it along the bottom when loosened, or when the anchor will not hold the ship. DRAG, v. i. 1. To hang so low as to trail on the ground. 2. To fish with a drag. 3. To be drawn along; as, the anchor drags. 4. To be moved slowly; to proceed heav. ily; as, business drags. 5. To hang or grate on the floor, as a door. DRAG, . 1. Something to be drawn along the ground, as a net or a hook. 2. A particular kind of harrow. 3. A car; a low cart-4. In sea-language, a machine with a drag-net, used to drag on the bottom to recover something that has been lost, &c. 5. Whatever is drawn; a boat in tow; whatever serves to retard a ship's way. DRAG-NET, n. A net to be drawn on the bottom of a riv. er or pond for taking fish-Dryden. DRAGGED, pp. Drawn on the ground; drawn with labor or force; drawn along slowly and heavily; raked with a drag or harrow, DRAGGING, ppr. Drawing on the ground; drawing with labor or by force; drawing slowly or heavily; raking with a drag. DRAGGLE, e. t. To wet and dirty by drawing on the ground or mud, or on wet grass; to drabble. DRAG'GLE, v. i. To be drawn on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being drawn on the mud or wet grass. DRAG GLE-TAÍL, n. A slut-Sherwood. DRAGGLED (dragld), pp. Drawn on the ground; wet or DRAGON, n. [L. draco.] 1. A kind of winged serpent, much celebrated in the romances of the Middle Ages. 2. A fiery, shooting meteor, or imaginary serpent. 3. A fierce, violent person, male or female. 4. A constellation of the northern hemisphere. [See DRACO.]-In Scripture, dragon seems sometimes to signify a large marine fish or serpent, but is often used for the devil. DRAGON, n. The popular name of a genus of four-footed animals, allied to the lizard, in the East Indies. DRAGON-FISH, n. The dragonet; a popular name of fishes of the genus callionymus. DRAGON-FLŸ, 2. The popular name of a species of insects called libellula. DRAGON-LIKE, a. Like a dragon; fiery; furious. DRAGON-SHELL, n. Said to be the popular name of a species of patella or limpet. DRAGON-TREE, n. Said to be the popular name of a species of palm. DRAGON'S BLOOD (dragʻonz-blud), n. (Sax. dracan-blod.] The inspissated juice of certain tropical plants of a red color, and used for tooth tinctures and powders, for staining marble, coloring varnishes, &c. DRAGONS-HEAD (-ned), n. A proposed popular name of certain plants of the genus dracocephalum.-Dragon's Head and Tail, in astronomy, are the nodes of the planets. DRAGONS-WATER, n. Said to be a popular name of a plant belonging to the genus colla. DRAGON S-WORT, n. Said to be a popular name of a plant of the genus artemisia. DRAGO-NET, . 1. A little dragon.-Spenser. 2. The popular name of fishes belonging to the Linnæan genus calli onymus, allied to the gudgeon. DRAGON-ISH, a. In the form of a dragon; dragon-like. DRAG-ON-NADE, n. [Fr.] A name given to certain severe persecutions of Protestants in France by armed troops. DRAGONS, n. The popular name of certain plants of the genus dracontium. DŘA-GOON, n. [Fr. dragon.] A soldier or musketeer who serves on horseback or on foot as occasion may require. Their arms are a sword, a musket, and a bayonet. DRA-GOON, v. t. 1. To persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. 2. To enslave or reduce to subjection by soldiers. 3. To harass; to persecute; to compel to submit by violent measures; to force; [most usual sense.] DRAG-CON-ADE, n. The abandoning of a place to the rage of soldiers.-Burnet. DRA-GOON ED' (dra-goond'), pp. Abandoned to the violence of soldiers; persecuted; harassed. DRA-GOONER, n. An old term for a dragoon. DRA-GOONING, ppr. Abandoning to the rage of soldiers; persecuting; harassing; vexing. DRAIL, . . To trail.-More. |†DRAIL, v. i. To draggle.—South. DRAIN, v. t. [Sax. drehnigean.] 1. To filter; to cause to pass through some porous substance. 2. To empty or clear of liquor by causing the liquor to drop or run off slowly. 3. To make dry; to exhaust of water or other liquor by causing it to flow off in channels or through porous substances. 4. To empty; to exhaust; to draw off gradually. DRAIN, v. i. 1. To flow off gradually. 2. To be emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; us, let the vessel stand and drain; let the cloth hang and drain. DRAIN, n. A channel through which water or other liquid flows off; particularly, a trench or ditch to convey water from wet land; a water-course; a sewer; a sink. DRAIN'A-BLE, a. Capable of being drained.—Sherwood. DRAINAGE, n. 1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid. 2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers. DRAINED', pp. or a. Emptied of water or other liquor by a gradual discharge, flowing, or dropping; exhausted; drawn off. DRAINER, n. A utensil on which articles are placed to drain. DRAINING, ppr. Emptying of water or other liquor by filtration or flowing in small channels. DRAKE, n. [G. enterich.] 1. The male of the duck kind. 2. [L. draco, dragon.] A small piece of artillery. DRAM, n. [contracted from drachma.] 1. Among druggists and physicians, a weight of the eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains.-In avoirdupois weight, the sixteenth part of an ounce. 2. A small quantity.-Dryden. 3. As much spirituous liquor as is drank at once.-Swift. 4. Spirit; distilled liquor. DRAM, v. i. To drink drams; to indulge in the use of ardent spirit. [4 low word.] DRAM-DRINK-ER, n. One who habitually drinks spirits. * DRAMA or DRA'MA, n. [Gr. Spaua.] A poem or composition representing a picture of human life, and accommodated to action. The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy, opera, &c. DRA-MATI€, a. Pertaining to the drama; represent DRA-MATIE-AL, $ed by action; theatrical; not narrative. DRA-MATI¤-AL-LY, adv. By representation; in the manner of the drama.-Dryden. DRAM'A-TIS PER-SO'ÑÆ. [L.] Actors representing the characters in a play. DRAM'A-TIST, n. The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.-Burnet. DRAM'A-TIZE, v. t. To compose in the form of the drama; or to give to a composition the form of a play. DRAM'A-TIZED, pp. Composed in the form of a play. DRAM'A-TIZ-ING, ppr. Composing in the form of a play. DRAM'A-TUR-GY, n. A term from German writers, denoting the science or art of dramatic poetry and representation. DRANK, pret. and pp. of drink. DRANK, n. A term for wild oats.-Encyc. DRÄP (drä), n. [Fr.] Cloth; as, drap d'été (-dã-tă”), cloth for summer wear, &c. DRAPE, v. t. [Fr. draper.] To make cloth; also, to banter. DRAPED (dräpt), a. Having on drapery. DRA'PER, n. [Fr. drapier.] One who sells cloth; a dealer in cloths. DRAPER-Y, n. [Fr. draperie.] 1. Cloth-work; the trade of making cloth. 2. Cloth; stuffs of wool. 3. Hangings, curtains, tapestry, &c.-4. In sculpture and painting, the rep resentation of the clothing or dress of human figures, &c. † DRAPET, n. Cloth; coverlet. DRASTIE, a. [Gr. ¿paotikos.] Powerful; acting with strength or violence; as, a drastic purge. DRAUGH (dräf). See DRAFF. DRAUGHT (draft), n. 1. The act of drawing; as, an animal good for draught. 2. The quality of being drawn; as, easy of draught. 3. The drawing of liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. 4. The quantity of liquor drank at once. 5. The act of delineating or that which is delineated; a representation by lines, as the figure of a house, a machine, a fort, &c., described on paper. 6. Representation by picture; figure painted or drawn by the pencil. 7. The act of drawing a net; a sweeping for fish. 8. That which is taken by sweeping with a net. 9. The drawing or bending of a bow; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow. 10. The act of drawing men from a military band, army, or post; also, the forces drawn; a detachment. [See DRAFT.] 11. A sink or drain.-Matt., xv: 12. An order for the payment of money; a bill of exchange. (See DRAFT.] 13. The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in the water, especially when laden.-14. In England, a small allowance on weightable goods, made by the king to the importer, or by the seller to the buyer, to insure full weight. 15. A sudden attack or drawing on an enemy; [unusual.] 16. A writing composed.-17. A sinapism; a mild vesicatory. DRAUGHTS, n. pl. 1. A game played on a checkered board. DRAUGHTSMAN (dräfts'man), n. 1. A man who draws 1. rate; to excite to inflammation, maturation, and lischarge; as, a blister draws well. To draw back. 1. To retire; to move back; to withdraw; to recede. 2. To renounce the faith; to apostatize.-To draw near or nigh, to approach; to come near.-To draw off, to retire; to retreat.-To draw on. 1. To advance; to approach. 2. To gain on; to approach in pursuit. 3. To demand payment by an order or bill, called a draft.—To draw up, to form in regular order. DRAW, n. 1. The act of drawing. 2. The lot or chance DRAW-BRIDGE, n. A bridge which may be raised up, let DRAW'A-BLE, a. That may be drawn.-More. DRAWL, v. t. [D. draalen.] To utter words in a slow, ters. withdraw, without the victory lying with either. DRAY, n. (Sax drage.] 1. A low cart or carriage on wheels, DRAY-HORSE, n. A horse used for drawing a dray. To araw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for ex-DRAWN-BATTLE, n. A battle from which the parties portation. To draw in. 1. To collect; to apply to any purpose by violence. 2. To contract; to pull to a smaller compass; to pull back. 3. To entice, allure, or inveigle. -To draw off. 1. To draw from or away; also, to withdraw; to abstract. 2. To draw or take from; to cause to flow from. 3. To extract by distillation.-To draw on. 1. To allure; to entice; to persuade or cause to follow. 2. To occasion; to invite; to bring on; to cause.-To draw over. 1. To raise, or cause to come over, as in a still. 2. To persuade or induce to revolt from an opposing party, and to join one's own party.-To draw out. To lengthen; to stretch by force; to extend. 2. To beat or hammer out; to extend or spread by beating, as a metal. 3. To lengthen in time; to protract; to cause to continue.-Ps. lxxxv., 5. 4. To cause to issue forth; to draw off, as liquor from a cask. 5. To extract, as the spirit of a substance. 6. To bring forth; as, to draw one out, to draw out facts; to pump out by questioning or address; to cause to be declared or brought to light. 7. To induce by motive; to call forth. 8. To detach: to separate from the main body. 9. To arrange in battle; to array in a line, as an army.-To draw together, to collect or be collected. To draw up. 1. To raise to lift; to elevate. 2. To form in order of battle; to array. 3. To compose in due form, as a writing; to form in writing. DRAW, v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing. 2. To act as a weight. 3. To shrink; to contract into a smaller compass. 4. To move; to advance. 5. To be filled or inflated with wind, so as to press on and advance a ship in her course. 6. To unsheathe a sword. 7. To use or practice the art of delineating figures. 8. To collect the matter of an ulcer or abscess; to cause to suppu. DREAD (dred), a. Exciting great fear or apprehension.- DREAD (dred), v. t. To fear in a great degree. DREAD-NAUGHT (dred'nawt), n. 1. A thick cloth with a DREAD'A-BLE, a. That is to be dreaded. [Not used.] DREADER, n. One who fears, or lives in fear.-Swift. DREADFUL (dred'ful), a. 1. Impressing great fear. 2. Inspiring awe or veneration.-SYN. Fearful; formidable; frightful; tremendous; terrible; terrific; horrible; horrid; awful; venerable. DREADFUL-LY, ade. Terribly; in a manner to be dreaded. DRRADLESS (dredles), a. Fearless; bold; not intimida- DREAM, ..; pret. dreamed, or dreamt. [D. droomen.] 1. DREAM, v. t. To see in a dream. Dryden.-To dream away, DREAMY, a. Full of dreams. DREAR, . Dread; dismalness.-Spenser. DREAR. . [Sax. dreorig.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. DREDGE, n. [Fr. drege.] 1. A drag-net for taking oysters, DREDGER, n. 1. One who fishes with a dredge. 2. A DREDGING, ppr. or a. Catching with a dredge; deepening with a dredging-machine; sprinkling with flour. DREDGING, n. The act of catching with a dredge, deepening with a dredging-machine, or sprinkling with flour. DREDGING-BOX, n. A box used for dredging meat. DREDGING-MA-CHYNE' (-ma-sheen), n. An engine used to take up mud or gravel from the bottom of rivers, docks, &c. DREE, v. t. [Sax. dreah.] To suffer-Ray. It was also used intransitively for to continue in life. DREGGI-NESS, n. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence. DREGGISH, a. Full of dregs; foul with lees; feculent. DREGGY, 4. Containing dregs or lees; consisting of dregs; foul; muddy; feculent. DREGS, n. pl. [Sw. drågg.] 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; dross; sweepings; refuse. Hence, the most vile and despicable part; as, the dregs of the community. DREIN. See DRAIN. DRENCH, v. t. [Sax. drencean.] 1. To wet thoroughly; to fill or cover with water or other liquid. 2. To saturate with drink. 3. To purge violently.-ŜYN. To soak; steep; imbrue. DRENCH, n. A draught; a swill; hence, a large portion of liquid medicine given to an animal by pouring down the throat. Hence, a dose of physic to be forced down the throat. DRENCHED (drencht), pp. or a. Soaked; thoroughly wet; purged with a dose. Wetting thoroughly; soaking; general sense; to put in the condition desired; to make suitable or fit; as, to dress food, leather, woolens, &c. 5 To curry, rub, and comb. 6. To put the body in order, or in a suitable condition; to put on clothes. 7. To put on rich garments. To dress up, is to clothe pompously or elegantly. To dress a ship, to ornament with colors on days of rejoicing.-SYN. To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. DRESS, v. i. 1. To arrange in a line. 2. To pay particular regard to dress or raiment. DRESS, n. 1. That which is used as the covering or orna. DRESSED (drest), pp. Adjusted; made straight, put in DRESS'ER, n. 1. One who dresses; one who is employed DRESSING-ROOM, n. An apartment appropriated for DRESSING-TABLE, n. A toilet; a table provided with conveniences for a person's adjusting a dress. DRESS'Y, a. Showy in dress; wearing rich or showy dresses. DREST, pp. of dress. DREUL (drüle), v. i. To emit saliva; to suffer saliva to is- Shak. DRIBBLING, ppr. or a. Falling in drops or small drops. DRENCHER, n. One who wets or steeps; one who gives DRIFT, v. t. To drive into heaps. DRIFT-WAY, n. A common way for driving cattle in. DRIFT-WOOD, n. Wood drifted or floated by water. |