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teen notes in diatonic progression; a fif- time.-5. A simple form of microscope, from L. dubito, to doubt, a freq. from a teenth.

consisting of a combination of two plano- fictive dubo, from dubius, doubtful, liable Double-plea (du'bl-plē), n. In law, a plea convex lenses whose focal lengths are in to turn out two ways, from duo, two.] To in which the defendant alleges two different the ratio of three to one, placed with their waver or fluctuate in opinion; to hesitate; matters in bar of the action.

plane sides towards the object, and the lens to be in suspense; to be in uncertainty reDouble-quarrel (du'bl-kwo-rel), n. Eccles. of shortest focal length next the object. specting the truth or fact; to be undetera complaint of the clerk to the archbishop See TRIPLET.-6. A duplicate form of a word; mined: used sometimes with of. against an inferior ordinary, for delay of one of two (or more) words really the same Even in matters divine, concerning some things, justice.

but different in form, as drag and draw. we may lawfully doubt and suspend our judgment. Double-quick (du'bl-kwik), n. Milit. the Double-tongue (du'bl-tung), v.t. In music,

Hooker. quickest step next to the run, consisting of to apply the tongue rapidly to the roof of

Syn. To waver, fluctuate, hesitate, demur, 165 steps in the minute. See DOUBLE, n. the mouth in flute playing so as to insure a

scruple, question, suspect. Double-quick (du'bl-kwik), a. 1. Performed brilliant execution of a staccato passage.

Doubt (dout), v.t. 1. To question or hold in the time of the double-quick; pertaining Double-tongued (du'bl-tungd), a. Making questionable ; to withhold assent from ; to to or in conformity with the double-quick; contrary declarations on the same subject

hesitate to believe; as, I have heard the as, double-quick step.-2. Very quick or at different times; deceitful.

story, but I doubt the truth of it. -2. To susrapid; as, he disappeared in double-quick Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double

pect; to be apprehensive of; to be inclined time.

tongued.

1 Tim. iii. 8. to think.

If they turn not back perverse; Double-quick (du'bl-kwik), adv. Milit. in Doublets (dub'lets), n. pl. 1.1 A game with But that I doubt.

Milton. double-quick step; as, we were marching dice upon tables, somewhat resembling I don't there's deep resentment in his mind. Otway. double-quick. backgammon.–2. Two; a pair; specifically,

I doubt some little difficulty may arise. Double-quick (du'bl-kwik), v.i. Milit, to two dice which, when thrown, come up

Fer. Bentham, march in double-quick step.

each with the same number of spots; as, to Plato is clothed with the powers of a poet, stands Double-quick (du'bl-kwik), v.t. Milit. to throw doublets.

upon the highest place of the poet, and (though I cause to march in double-quick step; as, I

doubt he wanted the decisive gift of lyric expression).

Those doublets on the side of his tail seem to add double-quicked them.

mainly is not a poet, because he chose to use the strength to the muscles which move the tail-fins.

poetic gift to an ulterior purpose.

Emerson. Doubler (du'blér), n. He who or that

Gremu.

3. To distrust; to withhold confidence from; 3. A double meaning. Mason. doubles; particularly, an instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of elec- Double-vault (du'bl-valt), n. In arch. one

to be diffident of; as, to doubt our ability to tricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks vault built over another, with a space be

execute an office. or the electrometer.

T'admire superior sense, and doubt their own.

Pope. Double-security (du'bl-sē-kūri-ti), n. Two securities held by a creditor for the same

4. To fill with fear or distrust; to frighten; debt.

to daunt.

One single valour, Double-shade (du'bl-shād), v. t. To double

The virtues of the valiant Caratach, the natural darkness of.

More doubts me than all Britain. Beau. & FI.
Now began

Doubt (dout), n. 1. A fluctuation of mind
Night with her sullen wing, to double-shade

respecting the truth or correctness of a stateThe desert. Milton.

ment or opinion, or the propriety of an acDouble-shining (du'bl-shin-ing), a. Shining

tion, arising from defect of knowledge or with double lustre.

evidence; uncertainty of mind; want of beDouble-shuffle (du'bl-shuf-1), 1. A low

lief; unsettled state of opinion; as, to have shuffling, noisy dance.

doubts respecting the theory of the tides. Double-star (du'bl stär), n. In astron. two

There lives more faith in honest doubt, stars so near each other that they are dis

Believe me, than in half the creeds. Tennyson. tinguishable only by the help of a telescope.

2. Uncertainty of condition. Double-stop (du'bl-stop), v. t. In music, to stop two strings simultaneously with the

Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee.

Deut. xxviii. 66. fingers in violin playing and thus produce

3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread; awe. two-part harmony.

Pope Urban durst not depart for doubt. Doublet (dub'let), n. [O. Fr., dim. of double,

Berners. a garment of two plies, originally lined or

I stand in doubt of you. Gal. iv, 20. wadded for defence.] 1. A close-fitting gar

M. ment, covering the body from the neck to a

4. Difficulty objected or proposed for solulittle below the waist. It was introduced

tion; objection. from France into England in the fourteenth

To every doubt your answer is the same.

Blackmore. century, and was worn by both sexes and all

5. Difficulty; danger. Well approved in ranks until the time of Charles II., when it

many a doubt.' Spenser.

Double Vaults, dome of San Pietro in was superseded by the vest and waistcoat.

Montorio, Rome.

Doubtable (dout'a-bl), a. That may be His doublet was of sturdy buff,

doubted. And though not sword, yet cudgel proof. tween the convexity of the one and the Doubted (dout'ed), p. and a. 1. Scrupled;

Hildibras.

concavity of the other. It is used in domes 2. One of a pair. See VOUBLETS. – 3. In lapi

questioned; not certain or settled.—2. f Reor domical roofs when they are wished to

doubted; redoubtable. Doubted knights.'
present the appearance of a dome both

Spenser.
externally and internally, and when the Doubter (dout'ér), n. One who doubts; one.

outer dome, by the general proportions of
2

whose opinion is unsettled; one whose mind
the building, requires to be of a greater is not convinced.
altitude than would be in just proportion Doubtful (dout'ful), a. 1. Not settled in
if the interior of its concave surface were

opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitat-
visible. The upper or exterior vault is

ing: applied to persons; as, we are doubttherefore made to harmonize with the ex- ful of a fact, or of the propriety of a meaterior, and the lower vault with the in

sure.—2. Dubious; ambiguous; not clear in terior proportions of the building.

its meaning; as, a doubtful expression.Doubling (du'bling), n. 1. The act of mak

3. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, ing double. - 2. A fold; a plait.—3. The or certain; questionable; not decided; as, a act of marching or sailing round a cape, doubtful case; a doubtful proposition; it is promontory, or other projecting point of

doubtful what will be the event of the war. -
land. – 4. In hunting, the winding and 4. Of uncertain issue; hazardous; precarious.
turning, as of a fox or hare, to deceive the 'In such distresse and doubtfull jeopardy.'
hounds. -5. An artifice; a shift. 'Such like

Spenser.
shiftings and doublings.' Scott. - 6. The We have sustained one day in doubtful fight.
act of marching at the double-quick. -

Milton.
7. In her. the lining of the mantles borne 5. Not secure; not without suspicion.
around the shield of arms.-8. In slating, Our manner is always to cast a doubtfud and a
the course of slates at the eaves of a house; more suspicious eye towards that over which we

know we have least power.

Hooker.
sometimes applied to the eaves-board.
Doubling-nail (du'bling-nál), n. A nail

6. Not confident; not without fear; indi.
used to fasten the lining of the gun-ports cating doubt.
in a ship.

With doubtful feet, and wavering resolution.

Millon,
Doubloon (dụb-lön'), n. [Fr. doublon.) A
coin of Spain and the Spanish American

7. Not certain or defined; as, a doubtful hue.
States, originally double the value of the SYN. Wavering, hesitating, undetermined,
pistole. The doubloon of Spain is of 100

dubious, uncertain, equivocal, ambiguous,

reals, and equivalent to about a guinea problematical, questionable, precarious, I, Doublet, time of Edward IV. 2, Doublet, portrait

hazardous. sterling. The double doubloon, called also of Sir Wm. Russell; 3, Pease-cod bellied Doublet: both time of Elizabeth. 4. Doublet, time of

doubloon or onza (ounce of gold), is of 320 Doubtfully (dout'fyl-li), adv. 1. In a doubtCharles I.

reals, or 16 hard dollars, and estimated at ful manner; dubiously; hesitatingly; as, he
its mintage rate is worth 668. 8d.

gave his assent, but doubtfully. -2. With
dary work, a counterfeit stone composed of Doubly (du bli), adv. In twice the quantity; doubt; irresolutely.-3. Ambiguously; with
two pieces of crystal, with a colour between to twice the degree; as, to be doubly sensible uncertainty of meaning.
them, so that they have the same appearance
of an obligation.

Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryder. as if the whole substance of the crystal were When musing on companions gone,

4. In a state of dread. coloured.-4. In printing, a word or phrase We doxbly feel ourselves alone. Sir W. Scott.

With that she waked full of fright unintentionally doubled or set up the second Doubt (dout), v.i. [O. Fr. doubter; Fr. douter,

And doubtfully dismayed. Spenser.

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Doubtfulness (dout'fyl-nes), 11. 1. A state of Dough-faceism (do'sās-izm), n. Quality or the centre of the trunk. Otherwise called doubt or uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; character of a dough-face; liability to be Duramen (which see). suspense; instability of opinion.—2. Ambi- led by one of stronger mind or will; plia- Doura (dö'ra), n. A kind of millet. See guity; uncertainty of meaning.-3. Uncer- bility; facility.

DURRA tainty of event or issue; uncertainty of con- Dough-kneaded (do'nēd-ed), a. Soft; like Dourlach (dörʻlach), n. [Gael. dorlach, a dition. dough. Milton.

| handful, a bundle, a quiver.) A bundle; a Doubtingly (dout'ing-li), adv. In a doubt- Dough-nut (do'nut), n. [Dough and nut.] knapsack. Sir Walter Scott. (Scotch.) ing manner; dubiously; without confidence. A small

roundish cake, made of flour, eggs, Douroucouli (do-rô--li), n. The native Doubtlesst (dout'les), a. Free from fear of and sugar, moistened with milk and cooked name of a curious South American monkey danger; secure. in lard.

(Nyctipithecus trivirgatus), with large eyes, Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. Shak. Dought (ducht), pret. of dow. Could; was nocturnal in its habits. It takes refuge able. (Scotch.)

during the day in some dark place such as Doubtless (dout'les), adv. Without doubt

Do what I dought to set her free,

the hollow of a tree, where it passes the or question; unquestionably.

My saul lay in the mire.

Burns. time in sleep. Its food is mostly of an aniDoubtless he would have made a noble knight. Doughtily (dou'ti-li), adv. With doughti

mal nature. Shak.

Douse, Dowse (dous), v.t. pret. & pp. doused; Doubtlessly (dout'les-li), adv. Unquestion- Doughtiness (dou'ti-nes), n. [See Doughty.] ppr. dousing. (Doubtful, but probably conably.

Valour; bravery.

nected with douche.] 1. To thrust or plunge Doubtous t (dout'us), a. Doubtful; of

Virtue is first of all, what the Germans well name

into water; to immerse; to dip. doubtful sense. Scripture . doubtouse

it, Tugend (Taugend, dow-ing, or Dought-iness), I have doused my carnal affections in all the vileand harde to understand.' Sir T. More. courage and the faculty to do.

Carlyle. ness of the world.

Hammond. Douc (dök), n. A genus of catarhine or old Doughtren, t n. pl. Daughters. Chaucer. 2. Naut. to strike or lower in haste; to World monkeys (Semnopithecus), peculiar Doughty (dou'ti), a. (A. Sax. dohtig, dyhtig, to South-eastern Asia and the neighbouring

slacken suddenly; as, douse the top-sail. from dugan (Sc. dow), to be able to be good Douse, Dowse (dous), v.i. To fall or be islands, differing from the true monkeys for, to be of force or power; Dan. dygtig, in having an additional small tubercle on

plunged suddenly into water. G, tüchtig, able, fit. See Do, v. i.] Brave; the last of the inferior molars, and in their valiant; eminent; noble ; illustrious; as, a

It is no jesting trivial matter

Hudibras. long limbs and tails. The species are re

To swing in air, or douse in water. doughty hero. It is now seldom used except Douse (dous), v.t. (Corrupted from dout. markable for their varied and brilliant in irony or burlesque. colours.

To put out; to extinguish. Douse the glim.

She smiled to see the doughty hero slain; Douce (dös), a. (Fr. doux, from L. dulcis,

But at her smile the beau revived again. Pope.

Sir W. Scott. (Slang.) sweet. ) Sober; sedate; not light or frivol

Dousing - chock (dous' ing-chok), n. In ous: applied both to persons and animals. Doughty-handed (dou'ti - hand-ed), a.

ship-building, one of several pieces fayed (Scotch.)

Strong-handed; powerful. "Doughty-handed across the apron and lapped on the knightAs her intense quietude of bearing suited Miss are you.' Shak.

heads or inside stuff above the upper deck. Gryce, who could not bear to be fussed, and time Doughy (do'i), a. Like dough; yielding to Doutt (dout), v.t. (Contr. for do out. Comp. proved her douce and not fashious, she became quite pressure; flabby and pale. 'The unbaked doff, don.) To put out; to quench; to exa favourite. Cornhill Mag. and doughy youth of a nation.' Shak.

tinguish. Douced, t Doucett (dös'ed, dös'et), n. (From Douk (dụk). See Dook.

First in the intellect it douts the light. Sylvester. Fr. doucet, dim. of doux, sweet.] A musical Doulia (doʻli-a), 1. Same as Dulia.

The dram of base instrument, probably a dulcimer.

Doum Palm (dom påm), n. A palm-tree, Doth all the noble substance often dout. Shak. Doucely (dös'li), adv. Sedately; soberly;

Doutt (dout), n. Doubt; fear. Spenser. prudently. (Scotch.]

Doutance, n._(Fr.) Doubt. Chaucer. Doucely manage our affairs

Doute, t v.t. (Fr.) To fear. Chaucer. In parliament. Burns.

Doutelies, t Douteles, t adv. Without doubt. Doucepere,t n. (Fr.) One of the twelve

Chaucer. peers (les douze pairs) of France renowned

Doutert (dout'er), n. (See DOUT.) An exin fiction. Looking like a doughty douce

tinguisher for candles. pere.' Spenser.

Doutous, t a. Doubtful. Chaucer. Doucet, n. [Fr.) 1. A custard. -2. The

Dove (duv), n. (A.Sax.dafa,düfe, from dúfan, testicle of a deer. Written also Doucet.

to dive, to dip, probably from its habit of All the sweet morsels, called tongue, ears, and

ducking the head, or from its manner of doucets. B. Jonson.

flight. Comp. L. columba, a dove, with

Gr. kolymbos, a diver. Cog. D. duif, Dan. 3. See DOUCED.

due, Sc. doo, G. taube.] 1. A name someDouceur (do'sėr), n. [Fr., from doux, L.

times extended, as that of pigeon, to the dulcis, sweet.] 1. A present or gift; a bribe.

whole family of Columbidæ, sometimes 2. Sweetness or mildness of manner; kind

restricted to the genus Columba of moness; gentleness.

dern ornithologists. Audubon attempts Blame with indulgence, and correct with douceur.

to distinguish between the names pigeon Chesterfield.

and dove, assigning the former to such as 3. A kind or agreeable remark; a compli

build their nests close together on the same ment.

trees, and the latter to such as build soliDouche (dösh), n. [Fr.; It. doccia, a water

tarily; but the distinction appears arbitrary pipe, from a Latin fictive verb ductiare, a

and is contrary to British usage. The dif. freq. from duco, to conduct, as water.) A

ferent species which are popularly called jet or current of water or vapour directed

doves are distinguished by some additional upon some part of the body; employed in

term prefixed, as ring-dove, turtle dove, &c. bathing establishments. When water is ap

See PIGEON.-2. A word of endearment or an plied it is called the liquid douche, and

emblem of innocence. when a current of vapour the vapour douche.

Dove-cot, Dove-cote (duv'kot), n. A small According to the direction in which the cur

building or box, raised to a considerable rent is applied it is termed the descending,

height above the ground, in which domestic the lateral, or the ascending douche.

pigeons breed; a house for doves. Doucine (dő-sén), 12. (Fr.) In arch. a mould

Dove-eyed (duv'id), a. Having eyes like ing concave above and convex below, serv

Doum Palm (Hyphæne thebaica).

those of a dove; having eyes expressive of ing as a cymatium to a delicate cornice; a gula Hyphæne thebaica. It is remarkable, like

meekness, mildness, gentleness, tenderness

or affection. Doucker (dụk'er), n. [From douck, duck, to

the other species of the genus, for having a

Dove-kie (duv'ki), n. The name of a webdive.) A local name for a bird that dives repeatedly-branched stem. Each branch ter

footed bird, the black guillemot(Uria grylle), into the water, as the members of the genera minates in a tuft of large fan-shaped leaves.

abounding in the Arctic regions. Colymbus and Podiceps.

The fruit is about the size of an apple; it Dough (do), n.

Dovelet (duv'let), n. A little dove; a young (A. Sax. dag, dâh, a word has a fibrous mealy rind, which tastes like

dove. general in the Teut. languages, as D. deeg,

gingerbread (whence the name gingerbread Dover (do' vér), v. i. [Icel. dofwa, to be Icel and Dan. deig, Goth. daigs, G. teig,

tree sometimes applies to this palm), and is dough; allied are Goth. deigan, to mould, eaten by the poorer inhabitants of Upper

stupid; daufr, dull. See DowF.) To slum.

ber; to be in a state betwixt sleeping and to form; Icel. deig, damp, deigia, to wet.)

Egypt, where it grows. An infusion of the 1. l'aste of bread; a mass composed of flour rind is also used as a beverage, being cool. Dover's-powder (do'vérz-pou-dér),n. (From

waking. (Scotch.) or meal moistened and kneaded, but not ing, slightly aperient, and beneficial in

Dr. Dover, an English physician, its invenbaked. - My cake is dough. See under CAKE.

fevers. The seed is horny, and is made into 2. Anything having the appearance or consmall ornaments. Ropes are made of the

tor.) A compound of ipecacuanha, opium,

and sulphate of potash, employed as a sedasistency of dough, as potter's clay, &c. fibres of the leaf-stalks. The doum palm is

tive and sudorific. Dough-baked (do'bákt), a. Imperfectly

a native of Upper Egypt and the central Dove's-foot (duvz'fyt), n. (a) The popular baked; unfinished; not hardened to perfecparts of Africa, and is so numerous in some

name of Geranium molle, a common native districts as to form whole forests. tion; soft.

plant, so called from the shape of its leaf. This botcher looks as if he were dough-baked; a

Doup (doup), n. (O. E. dolp, a contr. of little butter now, and I could eat him like an oatendollop, a lump. Bottom; buttocks; butt- Doveship (duv'ship), n. The quality or

(6) The columbine. cake.

Beau. & FI.
end; end. (Scotch.)

character of a dove; the possession of doveDough-face (do'fás), n. A person who is Dour (dör), a. [Fr. dur, hard, stern, harsh,

like qualities, as meekness, gentleness, innopliable, and, as it were, easily moulded. from L. durus, hard.) Hard; inflexible; ob

cence, &c. 'Let our doveship approve itself (United States. ] stinate; bold; intrepid; hardy. (Scotch.]

in meekness of suffering.' Bp. Hall. Dough-faced (dõ'fāst), a. Cowardly; weakly

He had a wife was dour and din,

Dove-tail (duv'tal), n. In carp. the manner pliable; easily moulded: said of politicians.

O Tinkler Madgie was her mither. Burns.

of fastening boards and timbers together by (United States.]

Doura (dö'ra), n. In bot. heart-wood, next letting one piece, in the form of a dove's DOVE-TAIL

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tail spread or wedge reversed, into a cor- pieces, one-half of the pin is inserted into 2. A tract of naked, hilly land, used chiefly responding cavity in another, so that it the hole in the one piece, and the other for pasturing sheep. cannot be drawn out. This is the strongest piece is then thrust home on it. -2. A piece Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his of all the fastenings or jointings. Dove- of wood driven into a wall to receive nails downs.

Sandys. of skirtings, &c.

Down(doun), prep. (Contr. for A. Sax adûne, Dowel (dou'el), v.t. pret. & pp. dowelled; adown, for of-dûne, off or down the hill. ppr. dowelling. To fasten two boards toge- See DOWN, á hill.) 1. Along a descent; gether by pins inserted in the edges; as, a from a higher to a lower place; as, to run cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. down a hill; to fall down a precipice; to go Dowel-joint (dou'el-joint), n. A joint made down the stairs. — 2. Toward the mouth of by means of a dowel or dowels.

a river, or toward the place where water is Dowel-pin (dou'el-pin), n. A pin inserted in discharged into the ocean or a lake; as, we the edges of boards to fasten them

together. sail or swim down a stream; we sail down Dower (dou'ér), n. (Fr. douaire; L. L dota- the Thames from London to the Nore. - 3. In rium, from L. doto, dotatum, to endow, a direction from the metropolis, or centre portion-dos, dotis, a dower) i. That with of government, of a country to the provinces,

which one is endowed; endowment; gift. or from the main terminus of a railway 1, Common Dove-tailing.

and the like to its subordinate stations. 2, Lap Dove-tailing.

Sweet Highland girl! a very shower

Of beauty is thy earthly dower. Word stvorth. - Down the sound, in the direction of the ebbtails are either exposed or concealed; con- 2. The right which a wife has in the third

tide toward the sea. – Doun the country, cealed dove-tailing is of two kinds, lapped part of the real estate of which her husband toward the sea, or toward the part where and mitred. -- Dove-tail joint, in anat, the su- died possessed, which she holds from and rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. ture or serrated articulation, as of the bones after his death, for her life, whether

she has Down (doun), adv. 1. In a descending direcof th head. - Dove-tail moulding, an ornahad issue or not.--3. The property which

tion; from a higher to a lower position, ment in the form of dove-tails, used in Nor- a woman brings to her husband in marriage.

degree, or place in a series; from the metroman architecture.- Dove-ta il plates, in ship- Dower (dou'èr), v.t. To furnish with dower polis of a country to the provinces, or from building, plates of metal let into the heel of or a portion; to bestow. Dowered with our

the main terminus of a railway to the subthe stern-post and keel of a vessel to bind curse.' Shak.

ordinate stations; as, he is going down. them together. Similar plates are used for Dowerless(dou'èr-les), a. Destitute of dower; 2. On the ground, or at the bottom; as, he joining the stern-foot with the fore-end of having no portion or fortune.

is down; hold him down.-3. Fig. in a low conthe keel.-Dove-tail saw, a saw used for Dowery (dou'ér-i), n. Same as Dowry.

dition; in humility, dejection, calamity, &c.

I am not now in fortune's power; dove-tailing. Its plate is about 9 inches Dowf, Dolf (douf, dolf), a. (Icel. daufr,

He that is down can fall no lower. Hudibras. long, and contains about fifteen teeth to dull,'flat, dofi, torpor; root in Sc. dow, to the inch; it is stiffened by a rigid iron or fade or wither, to doze. Akin deaf; Sc. dover,

4. Below the horizon; as, the sun is down. brass back. to slumber.] 1. Dull; flat; denoting a defect

5. Into disrepute or disgrace; as, a man may Dove-tail (duv'tāl), v.t. 1. To unite by of spirit or animation, and also of courage;

sometimes preach down error; he may write tenons in form of a pigeon's tail spread, let melancholy; gloomy: inactive; lethargic;

down himself or his character, or run down into a board or timber.-2. Fig. to fit or pithless; wanting force; silly; frivolous.

his rival; but he can neither preach nor adjust exactly and firmly; to adapt, as one (Scotch.)

write down folly, vice, or fashion.-6. From institution to another, so that they work

a larger to a less bulk; as, to boil down, in

They're (Italian lays) dow and dowie at the best, together smoothly and harmoniously.

Dowf and dowie, dow and dowie,

decoctions and culinary processes. -7. From They're dows and dowie at the best,

former to latter times; from a remoter or When any particular arrangement has been for a Wi' a' their variorum.

7. Skinner. higher antiquity to more recent times. course of ages adopted, everything also has been adapted to it, and, as it were, fitted and dove-tailed 2. Dull; hollow; as, a douf sound.

And lest I should be wearied, madam, into it. Brougham.

To cut things short, come down to Adam. Prior, Dowie (dou'i), a. Dull; melancholy; in bad Dovisht (duv'ish), a. Like a dove; innocent. health, in bad tune. The dowie dens o'

8. At length; extended or prostrate on the Dovish simplicity.' Latimer. Yarrow.' Border ballad. See extract under

ground or on any flat surface; as, to lie Dow (dou), v.i. [Ă. Sax. dugan, to be able.] DOWF. (Scotch.)

down; he is lying down.-9. Used elliptically To be able; to possess strength; to avail; to Dowlas (dou'las), n. {Etym. uncertain.) A

and sometimes interjectionally for go down, profit. (Scotch.) kind of coarse linen cloth.

come down, kneel down, &c.; as, down! dog, But facts are chiels that winna ding

Dowle, Dowl (doul), n. {0. Fr. douille, doille, down! See Down, v. i. And downa be disputed.

Burns. soft, L. ductilis, from duco to lead or draw.] Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. Shak. Dow (dou), n. An Arab boat: more com

One of the filaments which make up the 10. Followed by with in energetic commands, monly spelled Dhow (which see).

blade of a feather; a fibre of down; down. elliptical for take down, throw down, put Dowt (dou), v.t. (See DOWER.]' To furnish No feather or dowle of a feather but was heavy

down; as, down with the sail. Down with with dower; to endow.

enough for him.

De Quincey.

the palace, fire it.' Dryden. - Down in the Dow (dou), n. A pigeon; a dove. [Scotch. ] There is a certain shell-fish in the sea ... that

mouth, dispirited; dejected. (Vulgar.} Furth flew the dow at Noyis command. bears a mossy dowle or wool, whereof cloth was spun.

To be down upon, or come down upon, (a) to Sir D. Lyndsay.

Hist, of Man, Arts, 1661. seize with avidity and with rapidity, as a Dowable (dou'a-bl), a. [See DOWER.] That Down (doun), n. [Same word as G. daune, bird of prey pounces down upon its victim. may be endowed; entitled to dower.

Icel. dun, Dan. duun-the softest kind of () To rate one soundly; to make a violent Dowager (dou'a-jér), n. [From a fictive form feathers, down. The word is connected by attack upon a person with the tongue. dowage, or from O.Fr. doariere, the i pass- Grimm with G. dehnen, in the sense of to [Colloq. 1-To be down at heel, (a) to have the ing into g. See DOWER.) 1. In law, a widow swell up, and dünn, thin.] 1. The fine soft back part of the upper, or heel, turned endowed or enjoying a jointure, whether covering of fowls under the feathers, par

down; as, his shoes were down at heel. (6) derived from her deceased husband or from ticularly on the breasts of water-fowl, as the To have on shoes with the heel turned down; her dowry settled on herself after his death. duck and swan. The eider duck yelds the to be slipshod or slovenly; hence, down-at2. A title given to a widow to distin- best kind.-2. The soft hair of the human heel (as an adjective), wearing shoes with guish her from the wife of her husband's face when beginning to appear.

the heel turned down; slipshod; slovenly; heir bearing the same name: particularly The first down begins to shade his face. Dryden.

shabbily dressed; seedy; as, he is very much given to the widows of princes and persons

down-at-heel. * To prowl about . : in the 3. The pubescence of plants, a fine hairy of rank. The widow of a king is called

old slipshod, purposeless, down-at-heel way.' substance; the pappus or little crown of queen dowager.

Dickens.-Up and down, here and there; certain seeds of plants; a fine feathery or Dowaire,t n. [Fr.) Dower. Chaucer.

in a rambling manner.-Down east, in or Dowcet (dou'set), n. See DOUCET, 2.

hairy substance by which seeds are con- into New England. (United States.)

veyed to a distance by the wind, as in dan. Downt (doun), a. Dowdy (dou'di), n. [Sc. dawdie, 0. E. dowde,

1. Cast or directed downdelion and thistle.-4. A place, usually with dowd, dull, sluggish, flat, dead; probably

ward; downcast; dejected; as, a down look. the idea of softness, where one finds rest; allied to E. dawdle and L.G. dödeln, to be

2. Downright; plain; positive. Her many anything that soothes or mollifies. slow; and to various other words, as Prov.

down denials. Beau. & Fl. E. daw, a sluggard, Sc. dow, to fade, to doze;

Thou bosom softness; down of all iny cares. Southern. Down (doun), v.t. To cause to go down; to perhaps same root as dead.) An awkward, Down (doun), v.t. To cover, stuff, or line

knock down; to overthrow; to put down; to ill-dressed, inelegant, vulgar-looking, or with down.

subdue; to discourage; to dishearten; to dislovenly woman; a trollop. Down, Dune (doun, dün), n. (A. Sax. dûn, a

spirit. To down proud hearts.' Sidney. Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; Dido, hill; L.G. dünen, Fris. dunen, D. duin, a I remember how you downed Beauclerck and a dowdy; Cleopatra, a gipsy. Shak. dune; 0.H.G. dûn, důna, promontory, Sw.

Hamilton, the wits, once at our house.

Madame D'Arblay. Dowdy (dou'di), a. Awkward; slovenly; ill

dial. dun, a hill. The root appears to be Down (doun), v.i. To go down; to descend. dressed; vulgar-looking: applied to females. common to the Teut. and Celt. languages. * The dowdy creaFr. dune, sand-hills by the seaside, W. Ir.

Probably it will hardly down with anybody at first hearing

Locke. ture. Gay

and Gael. dun, a hill, hillock. Comp. Gr. Dowdyish (dou'di

this, thinos, a heap of sand by the sea-shore, Down (doun), n. A downward fluctuation: ish), a. Like a dowthe shore.) 1. A bank or elevation of sand

a depression; a low state; as, ups and downs cly. thrown up by the sea, or drifted by the wind Downa (dou’na). {For duw not.] Cannot.

of fortune. Dowel (dou'el), n.

along or near the shore. [Fr. douille, a tap

Behind it a gray down

See Dow, to be able. [Scotch.) or socket; L. duc

With Danish barrows.

Tennyson.

Down-bear (doun'băr), v.t. To bear down; tile, from duco, to

to depress. - Downs or dunes are low hills of blown Down-bye (doun'bī), adv. Down the way. lead.) 1 A wooden sand that skirt the shores of Holland, Eng

[Scotch.) or iron pin or tenon

land, Spain, and other countries. The term Downcast (doun'kast), a. Cast downward; used in joining to- Barrel-end in three pieces Downs is applied as a proper name to the gether two pieces of joined by Dowels. roadstead for shipping off the east coast of

directed to the ground; dejected; as, a downany substance. Si

cast eye or look; a downcast spirit. Kent, between the North and South Fore. milar and corresponding holes fitting the lands.

He saw her charming, but he saw not half

The charms her downcast modesty concealed. pin or dowel being made in each of the two All in the Downs the fleet was moored.

Thomson.

CD

Gay.

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Downcast (doun'kast), n. 1. In mining, the Downrightly (doun'rit-li), adv. Plainly; in Dowse (dous), v.t. and i. To immerse or be ventilating shaft down which the air passes plain terms; bluntly.

immersed. See DOUSE. in circulating through a mine. ---2. A down. Downrightness (doun'rīt-nes), n. Honest Dowsett (dou'set), 1. Same as Doucet. ward look, generally implying sadness. “That Down-rush (doun'rush), n. or plain dealing

Dowsing-chock (dous'ing-chok), n. Same downcast of thine eye.' Beau. & FI.

A rush down- as Dousing-chock. Downcasting (doun'kast-ing), a. Casting ward or towards a centre, or from the ex- Dowstt (doust), n. A stroke. down; dejecting terior to the interior of a body.

How sweetly does this fellow take his dowst. Downcastness (doun'kast-nes), n. State of Spots (in the sun) are due to down-rushes of gases.

Beax. & FI. being downcast; sadness.

Pop. Ency. Doxological (doks-o-loj'ik-al), a. Pertaining Your doubts to chase, your downcasiness to cheer. Downsett (doun-set'), a. See DANCETTE. to doxology; giving praise to God. D. M. Moir. Down-share (doun'shār), n. In agri. a

Doxologize (doks-ol'o-jiz), v.i. To give glory Down-draught (doun' draft), n. 1. A breast-plough employed to pare off the turf

to God, as in doxology. draught or current of air down a chimney, on downs.

Doxology (doks-ol'o-ji), n. [Gr. doxologia, shaft of a mine, &c.- 2. (pron. dòn'dracht.) Down-sitting (doun'sit-ing), n. The act of a praising--doxa, praise, glory, and lego, to Å burden; anything that draws one down, sitting down; repose; a resting.

speak.) In Christian worship, a hymn in especially in worldly circumstances; as, he has been a perfect down-draught on me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising,

praise of the Almighty; a particular form Ps. cxxxix. 2.

of giving glory to God, arranged so as to be (Scotch.) Down-stairs (doun'stārz), a. Pertaining or

sung or chanted. Down-easter (doun-ēst'ér), n. A New Eng

relating to a lower flat; as, down-stairs po

Doxy(doks'i), n. (Perhaps from duck, through lander. (United States.) litics,

the pet name ducky, with 8 euphonic or Downed (dound), a. Covered or stuffed with Down-stairs (doun'stārz), adv. Down the

diminutive, as in tricksy, idlesby, rudexby. down. Their nest so deeply downed.' Young. stairs; below; to or in a lower flat; as, he

But comp. G. docke, Sw. docka, a doll, a playDownfall (doun'fal), n. 1. A falling down. went, or is, down-stairs.

thing. ) A mistress; a paramour; a prostitute. waril. * Each downfall of a flood.' Dryden. Downsteepyt (doun'stēp-i), a. Having a Doxy, Moll, what's that? . .. His wench. 2. What falls down ard; a waterfall. “Those great declivity. A craggy and downsteepy

The Roaring Girl, cataracts or downfalls.' Holland. - 3. A rock' Florio.

Doyley (doili), m. Same as Doily. precipice. Holland.-4. Sudden descent or

Down-stroke (doun'strok), n. 1. A down- Doylt,t Doiltt (doilt), a. Stupid; confused; fall from a position of power, honour, ward stroke or blow.-2. In peninanship, a

crazed. (Scotch.) wealth, fame, or the like; loss of rank, reputation, or fortune; loss of office; ruin; Down-train (doun'trân), n.

line drawn downward; hence, a thick stroke. Wae worth that brandy. burning trash!

A train pro

Twins monie a poor, doyit, drucken hash, destruction; as, the downfall of a city; the ceeding from the capital, or other important Doze (dőz), v.i. pret. & pp. dozed; ppr. doz

O half his days.

Burns. downfall of pride or glory, and of distin.

centre, to the provinces; as, the down-train guished characters; the downfall of my to Edinburgh.

ing. (Of same origin as Dan, döse, to make hopes; the downfall of the ministry. - Down-trodden, Down-trod (doun’trod-n,

dull or heavy, to doze; dös, drowsiness, G. 5. Waning or decay. doun'trod), a. Trodden down; trampled

döseln, doseln, to dose; Bavarian dosen, to 'Tween the spring and downfall of the light.

slumber. upon; tyrannized over. The down-trodden

No doubt akin to dizzy and to Tennyson. vassals of perdition.' Milton.

daze.] 1. To slumber; to sleep lightly. Downfallen (doun'faln), a. Fallen; ruined. Downfallen cliffs.' Carew. Downfallen Downward, Downwards(doun'werd, doun'- If he happened to doze a little, the, jolly cobbler

waked him.

L'Estrange. Mortimer.' Shak.

wėrdz), adv. (A. Sax. düneweard. See DOWN, Downgyvedt (doun'jivd), a. Hanging down

prep., and WARD.) 1. From a higher place 2. To live in a state of drowsiness; to be like the loose links of fetters.

to a lower; in a descending course, whether dull or half asleep; as, to doze over a work.

directly toward the centre of the earth or Chiefless armies dozed out the campaign. Pope. His stockings fould, Ungartera, and down-gyved to his ankle. Shak. not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll

Doze (doz), v.t. 1. To pass or spend in drow. Down-haul (doun'hal), v.t. Naut. to pull downward; to look downward; to take root

siness; as, to doze away one's time.--2. To down. downward. -2. In a course or direction from

make dull; to stupefy. Dozed with his Down-haul,Down-hauler (doun'hal,doun'

a head, spring, origin, or source; as, water

fumes.' Dryden. Dozed with much work.' flows downward toward the sea; we sailed hal-er), n. aut. a rope passing along a stay,

Pepys downward on the stream. -3 In a course of Doze (döz), n. through the cringles of the stay-sail or jib,

A light sleep; a slumber. and made fast to the upper corner of the

lineal descent from an ancestor, considered sail, to haul it down. as a head, or from an earlier to a later period

To bed, where half in doze I seemd To float about.

Tennyson. Down-hawl (doun'hạl), v. and n. Same as

of time; as, to trace successive generations Doron-haul. downward from Adam or Abraham.

Dozen (du'zn), n. (Fr. douzaine, from douze,

twelve, from L. duodecim-duo, two, and Downhearted (doun härt-ed), a. Dejected

A ring the count does wear,

decem, ten.] 1. A collection of twelve things That downward hath descended in his house. Shak. in spirits.

of a like kind, or regarded as forming an Downhill (doun'hil), n. Declivity: descent; 4. In the course of falling or descending from

aggregate for the time being: used with or slope. And though'tis downhill ali.' Dryden. elevation or distinction.-5. In the lower

without of; as, a dozen eggs, or a dozen of Downhill (doun'hil), a. Sloping downwards; parts: as regards the lower parts or extre- eggs; twelve dozen gloves. — 2. An indefinite descending; sloping. A downhill greenmities.

or round number comprising more or less sward.' Congreve,

Dagon his name, sea-monster, upward man, than twelve units, as the case may be; as, I
And downward fish.

Millon.
Downiness (doun'i-nes), n. 1. The quality

have a dozen things to attend to all at once, of being downy. -2. Knowingness; cunning Downward (doun'werd), a. 1. Moving or where dozen means simply a great many. ness; artfulness; cuteness. (Slang. )

extending from a higher to a lower place, Dozenth (du'znth), a. Twelíth. (Rare.) Down-line (doun'lin), n. The line of a rail- as on a slope or declivity, or in the open air; Dozer (döz'er), n. One that dozes or slumway leading from the capital, or other im- tending toward the earth or its centre; as, bers; one who is slow and vacillating as if portant centre, to the provinces; as, the a downward course.

he were not fully awake. "Calm, even-temdown-line to the north.

With downtoard force,

pered dozers through life.' J. Baillie.

That drove the sand along, he took his way. Downlooked (dounʼlukt), a. Having a down

Dryden.

Doziness (doz'i-nes), n. (From dozy.) Drowcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. 2. Bending; arching. The downward heaven.' siness; heaviness; inclination to sleep.

Jealousy downlooked.' Dryden. Dryden. - 3. Descending from a head, origin, Dozy (dõz'i), a. (See DOZE) Drowsy; heavy; Downlying (doun'li-ing), n. 1. The time of

or source; as, a downward line of descent.

inclined to sleep; sleepy; sluggish. retiring to rest; time of repose. -2. The

4. Tending to a lower condition or state; The yawning youth, scarce half awake, time at which a mother is to give birth to depressed; dejected.

His lazy limbs and dozy head essays to raise. a child; childbirth; as, she's at the down

Dryden. At the lowest my downward thoughts I pulled Drab (drab), n. [A Celtic word: Ir. drabhoy, lying. (Scotch.)

up my heart.

Sir P. Sidney. Downlying (doun'li-ing), a. About to lie

a slut, also dregs, lees, from drab, a spot, a

'A down or be in travail of childbirth.

5. Grovelling; stooping to baseness. stain; Gael. drabach, dirty, slovenly; drabag, Downright (doun'rit), adv. 1. Right down; Downweed (doun'wed), n. downward appetite.' Dryden.

a dirty woman, a drab. Closely akin to

Cottonweed. straight down; perpendicularly. "A giant

draff) 1. A strumpet; a prostitute.

If your worship will take order for the drabs and cleft downright." Hudibras. -2. In plain Downy (doun'i), a. (See Down.] 1. Covered

with down or nap; as, a douny feather; the knaves you need not to fear the bawds. Shak terms; without ceremony or circumlocu

downy wings. -2. Covered with pubescence tion,

2. A low, sluttish woman; a slattern. We shall chide downright. Shak. or soft hairs, as a plant. 'Plants that

3. A kind of wooden box used in salt-works have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves.' 3. Completely; thoroughly; undoubtedly; as,

for holding the salt when taken out of the Bacon.--3. Made of down or soft feathers. he is downright mad.-4. Forth with; with

boiling-pans. Its bottom is shelving or inout delay; at once.

Her downy pillow.' Pope.-4. Soft, calm,

clining, that the water may diain off. soothing. Downy sleep.' Shak.-5. ResemThis paper put Mrs. Bull in such a passion, that bling down.-6. Knowing; cunning; as, a

Drab (drab), v. i. To associate with strumshe fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.

pets. downy cove. (Slang. ) Downright(doun'rit), a. 1. Directed straight Dowry (dou’ri), n. (See DOWER.) 1. The

O, he's the most courteous physician,

You may drink or drab in's company frecly. or right down; coming down perpendicumoney, goods, or estate which a woman

beau. Fl. larly.

brings to her husband in marriage; the por- Drab (drab), n. (Fr. drap, cloth; L.L. drapI cleft his beaver with a downright blow. Shak. tion given with a wife; dower.

pus, from a Teut. root seen in E. trappings, 2. Directly to the point; plain; open; artless; I could marry this wench for this device,

horse furniture, probably akin to G. derb, undisguised; mere; sheer; as, downright non- and ask no other dowry with her but such another firm, close ] 1. A thick woollen cloth of a sense; downright falsehood.

jest.

Shak. dun or dull-brown colour.-2. A dull brownI would rather have a plain downright wisdom, 2. The reward paid for a wife.

ish-yellow colour. than a foolish and affected eloquence. B. Jonson.

Ask me never so much dotury and gift.

Drab (drab), a. Being of a dun colour, like It is downright madness to strike where we have

Gen. xxxiv. 12.

the cloth so called. no power to hurt. L'Estrange. 3. A fortune given; a gift.

Draba (drā'ba), 16. A genus of plants, nat. 3. Plain; artless; unceremonious; blunt; Dowset (dous), v.t. To strike on the face.

order Cruciferae, consisting of herbaceous as, he spoke in his downright way. 'Rever: Dowse (dous), n. A slap on the face. [Vul

perennials. They are usually small hoary end Cranmer, learned Ridley, downright gar.)

plants, with small white or yellow flowers, Latimer, zealous Bradford, patient Hooper.'

Humph! that's another dowse for the Baronet! I

found in cold and mountain regions, and Puller.

Coiman. especially abundant in the north polar disDRABBER

must get the old woman away.

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tricts. There are about 100 species, five Dracocephalum (drā-ko-sef'a-lum), n. [Gr. bodying an exposition of the purpose, as being found in Britain, of which the best drakon, a dragon, and kephale, the head, in well as of the details, of the document. known is D. verna, or early whitlow-grass, reference to the gaping flower.) Dragon's In the original draft of the instructions was a curi. which grows on old walls and dry banks. head; a genus of odoriferous annual and ous paragraph which, on second thoughts, it was It is one of the earliest and smallest of our perennial herbs, nat. order Labiatæ, mostly

deterinined to omit.

Macaulay. flowering plants.

found in the north of Asia, Europe, and 5. An allowance for waste of goods sold by Drabber (drab'ér), n. One who keeps com- America. The best known and most gener- weight; also, an allowance made at the cuspany with drabs.

ally cultivated species is the D. canariense, tom-house on excisable goods.-6. A drawDrabbets (drab'ets), n. A coarse linen fabric or canary balm of Gilead.

ing of lines for a plan; a figure described or duck made at Barnsley.

Draconic (drā-kon'ik), a. 1. Relating to on paper; delineation; sketch; plan delineDrabbing (drab'ing), n. The practice of Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; hence (ap- ated. -7. Depth of water necessary to float

associating with strumpets or drabs. “Drun- plied to laws), extremely severe; sanguinary. a ship.-8. À current of air. "A strongkenness and drabbing.' Beau. & Fl.

2. Relating to the constellation Draco. floored room, where there was a ... strong, Drabbish (drab'ish), a. Having the quality Draconine (drā-kõn'in), n. See DRACINA. thorough draft of air.' Dickens. (In the of a drab; sluttish. The drabbish sorceress. Dracontict (dra-kon'tik), a. (From L. caput

three last senses usually written Draught.] Drant.

draconis, the dragon's head, a name anciently Draft (draft), v. t. 1. To draw an outline; to Drabbish (drab'ish), a. Somewhat of the given to one of the nodes of the lunar orbit.] delineate. -2. To compose and write; as, to colour of drab.

In astron. belonging to that space of time draft a memorial or lease.-3. To draw Drabble (drab'bl), v.t. pret. & pp. drabbled; in which the moon performs one entire from a military force or post, or from any ppr. drabbling. (Freq. formed from a hypo- revolution.

company, collection, or society; to select; thetical transitive verb to drab, to befoul Dracontine (dra-kon'tin), a. Belonging to

to detach. with dregs, to dirty. See DRAB, a slut.] a dragon.

This Cohen-Caph-El was some royal seminary in To draggle; to make dirty, as by drawing in Dracontium (dra-kon'shi-um), n. [Gr. dra

Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to mud and water; to wet and befoul; as, to

supply their colleges and temples. Holwell's Dict. kon, drakontos, a dragon, from the spots or drabble a gown or cloak. [Old and provincial streaks of the plant resembling those of a Draft-engine (draft'en-jin), n. See DRAUGHTEnglish.) serpent. See DRAGON.) A genus of plants,

ENGINE Drabble (arab'bl), v.i. To fish for barbels

nat. order Orontiaceæ. They are natives of Draft-horse (draft'hors), n. See DRAUGHTwith a rod and long line passed through a tropical countries. The plants have fleshy

HORSE. piece of lead.

rhizomes, pedate leaves, and very fetid Draft-ox (draft'oks), n. See DRAUGHT-OX. Drabbler, Drabler (drab'ler), n. Naut, in

flowers in a spadix covered with a hooded

Draftsman (draftsman), n. One who draws sloops and schooners, a small additional sail, spathe.

plans or designs. See DRAUGHTSMAN. sometimes laced to the bottom of a bonnet Dracunculus (dra-kun'kū-lus), n. [L., dim.

Draftyt (draf'ti), a. Draffy; of no more (which is itself an additional sail) on a square of draco, a serpent, a dragon.] 1. A genus

value than draff. Chaucer. sail, to give it a greater depth or more drop. of plants, nat order Aracea, with a long

Drag (drag), v.t. pret. & pp. dragged; ppr. Dracæna (dra-se'na), n. (Gr. drakaina, a stalk, spotted like a serpent's belly, and

dragging. (A. Sax. dragan, to drag, to draw, female dragon.] A genus of endogenous, pedate leaves. They are natives of South

to bear; cog. Icel. draga, to drag, to carry; Europe. D. vulgaris (green dragon) is com

Goth. dragan, to draw, to carry; D. dragen, mon in our gardens. Its flowers are black, G. tragen, to carry, to bear. Some connect very fetid, and give out exhalations which it with L. traho, to draw, but this is doubtproduce headache, giddiness, and vomiting.

ful (as Latin t hy Grimm's Law = English th). 2. A fish of the genus Callionymus; the drago

Draw is another form of the same word, net.-3. The Filaria medinensis, or guinea

draggle is a dim. form, and drawl, dray, worm, found on the Guinea coast and in tro- dredge, drain are more or less closely akin.] pical climates, which insinuates itself under

1. To pull; to haul; to draw along the ground the skin of the legs of man, causing a sup

by main force: applied particularly to drawpurating sore. The worm is extracted by

ing heavy bodies with labour along the slowly and carefully coiling it round some

ground or other surface; as, to drag stone solid object.

or timber; to drag a net in fishing John Dradt (drad), a. Dreaded; terrible. (See

xxi. 8.-2. To break, as land, by drawing a DREAD.) This was also the old pret. of

drag or harrow over it; to harrow. [United dread.

States. 1—3. To draw along slowly or heavily,

as anything burdensome or troublesome; Beloved and drad.

Both of his lordes, and of his commune. Chaucer. hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Draff (draf), n. (Icel. draf, draff, husks; D.

Have dragged a lingering life.' Dryden. draf, hog's-wash, dregs, also drab, dregs,

4. To draw along in contempt as unworthy Dan. drav, dregs, hog's-wash; closely allied

to be carried to drab, a slut.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the

He drags me at his chariot-wheels. Stilling fleet. wash given to swine; specifically, the refuse

5. To search with a hooked instrument a of malt which has been brewed or distilled river, pond, &c., for drowned persons, &c.

from, given to swine and cows. 'Eating Hence—6. Fig. to search painfully or careDragon's blood Tree (Dracena Draco). draff and husks.' Shak. Mere chaff and fully. drajf much better burnt.' Tennyson.

While I dragg’d my brains for such a song. evergreen trees, nat, order Liliaceæ, remarkStill swine eat all the draj. Shak.

Tennyson. able for their elegant palm-like appearance. Draffish + (draf'ish), a. Worthless. Draff

- To drag the anchor (naut.), to draw or As formerly constituted the genus contained ish declarations.' Bale.

trail it along the bottom when loosened, or thirty-six species, but, as remodelled by Dr.

when the anchor will not hold: said of a Planchon, it includes only the dragon-tree Draffy (draf'i), a. Dreggy; waste; worth

less of Teneriffe (D. Draco), celebrated for pro

“The dregs and drafy part.' Beau.

ship.- Drag, Draw. See under DRAW. & Fl.

Drag (drag), v.i. 1. To be drawn along or ducing the resin called dragon's-blood, and for the age and immense proportions of an Draft (draft), n. [A form of draught. A

trail on the ground, as a dress; to be moved individual at Orotava in Teneriffe, totally comparison of these two forms-draught

onward along the ground or the bottom of

the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.destroyed by a hurricane in 1867, which was and draft-illustrates a principle in lan

2. To fish with a drag; as, they have been 48 feet in circumference, and 70 feet high.

guage, namely, that when, through consi-
derable variation in spelling, forms origin-

dragging for fish all day, with little success. It was hollow inside and ascended by a ally identical appear as different words,

3. To move or proceed heavily, laboriously, staircase. It was of the same circumference in 1402. different shades of meaning are assigned to

or slowly; to move on lingeringly or with Dracanth(dra'kanth), n. [See TRAGACANTH.] each. Comp. antique and antic; cheque

effort; slowly; as, this business drags. and check; plain and plane; genteel and

As one. that sees a great black cloud A gum; called also Gum-tragacanth. See gentle; track and tract, &c.] 1. The act of

Drag inward from the deeps. TRAGACANTH.

Tennyson. Drachm (dram), n.

The day drags through, though storms keep out the Same as Drachma and drawing; as, this horse is good for draft.

Byron. Dram (which see). [In this sense generally written Draught.]

1. Something to be dragged Drachma (drak’ma),n. [L.,from Gr.drachmē,

2. A selection of men

or things for

a special Drag (drag), n. a drachm, from drassomai, to grasp with duty or purpose; specifically, a selection of

along the ground; as, (a) a net or a kind of soldiers from an army or part of an army,

grapnel for recovering the bodies of drowned the hand. Lit. as much as one can hold in the hand.

persons by dragging: (b) An apparatus conDram is the same word under

or any military post, to serve with some
other body or in another place; or of men

sisting of a frame of iron with a bag-net atanother form.] 1. A Grecian coin, having a different value in different states at different from various ships to serve in another ship;

tached, used to recover articles lost in the or of ships from various squadrons to act on

water, or to dredge up oysters, &c., from times. The average value of the Attic drachma was 9 d.-2. A weight among the a particular expedition; as, these impor

the bottom. Called also a Drag-net.—2. A Greeks of about 2 dwt. 7 grains troy. tant posts were weakened by heavy drafts;

particular kind of heavy harrow, for breakDracina, Dracine (dra-si'na, dra'sin), n. A the crew of the Warrior was completed by

ing up ground.-3. A long coach or carriage, drafts from the Hector and Black Prince;

generally drawn by four horses; it is uncovname given to the red colouring matter of the resinous substance called dragon's blood, the squadron for the African coast was com

ered and seated round the sides.-4. An apmuch used to colour varnishes. Called also posed of drafts from the Mediterranean

paratus for retarding or stopping the rotaand Channel tieets.

tion of one wheel, or of several wheels of a Draconine.

carriage, in descending hills, slopes, &c. See Draco (drā'ko), n. [See DRAGON.) 1. In astron.

Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.

SKID.-5. Naut. a kind of floating anchor,

Marshall the Dragon, a constellation of the northern

usually of spars and sails, to keep a ship's hemisphere, containing, according to Flam- 3. An order from one man to another direct- head to the wind or diminish leeway. steed, eighty stars. The star y Draconis is ing the payment of money; a bill of ex- 6. Something attached to a moving body celebrated as the one used in determining change.

which retards its progress, as a boat in tow the coefficient of aberration of the fixed stars.

I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts, till

of a ship, and the like; hence, fig. a person 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy advice was received of the progress of the loan. or thing forming an obstacle to one's progrounds.-3. A genus of reptiles. See DRA

Hamilton.

gress or prosperity; as, his brother has been GON

4. The first outlines of any writing, em- a great drag upon him.-7. In masonry, a

[graphic]

sun.

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