Doze Doze (dōz)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dozed (dōzd);
present participle & verbal noun Dozing .] [ Prob. akin to
daze ,
dizzy : confer Icelandic
dūsa to doze, Danish
döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy,
dös dullness, drowsiness,
dösig drowsy, Anglo-Saxon
dwǣs dull, stupid, foolish. √71. Confer
Dizzy .]
To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
L'Estrange.
Doze Doze transitive verb 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [ Obsolete]
I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
Pepys. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
South.
Doze Doze noun A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.
Dozen Doz"en (dŭz"'n)
noun ;
plural Dozen (before another noun),
Dozens [ Middle English
doseine ,
dosein , Old French
doseine , French
douzaine , from
douze twelve, from Latin
duodecim ;
duo two +
decem ten. See
Two ,
Ten , and confer
Duodecimal .]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven
dozen of Scots." "A
dozen of shirts to your back." "A
dozen sons." "Half a
dozen friends."
Shak. 2. An indefinite small number. Milton. A baker's dozen ,
thirteen; -- called also a long dozen .
Dozenth Doz"enth adjective Twelfth. [ R.]
Dozer Doz"er noun One who dozes or drowses.
Doziness Doz"i·ness noun The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Dozy Doz"y adjective Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.
Dozzled Doz"zled adjective [ √71.]
Stupid; heavy. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Drab Drab noun [ Anglo-Saxon
drabbe dregs, lees; akin to Dutch
drab ,
drabbe , dregs, German
treber ; for sense 1, confer also Gael.
drabag a slattern,
drabach slovenly. Confer
Draff .]
1. A low, sluttish woman. King. 2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak. 3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
Drab Drab intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Drabbed ;
present participle & verbal noun Drabbing .]
To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.
Drab Drab noun [ French
drap cloth: Late Latin
drappus ,
trapus , perhaps orig., a firm, solid stuff, confer French
draper to drape, also to full cloth; probably of German origin; confer Icelandic
drepa to beat, strike, Anglo-Saxon
drepan , German
treffen ; perhaps akin to English
drub . Confer
Drape ,
Trappings .]
1. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth . 2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
Drab Drab adjective Of a color between gray and brown. --
noun A drab color.
Drabber Drab"ber noun One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.
Drabbet Drab"bet noun A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
Drabbish Drab"bish adjective Somewhat drab in color.
Drabbish Drab"bish adjective Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The
drabbish sorceress."
Drant.
Drabble Drab"ble transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Drabbled ;
present participle & verbal noun Drabbling .] [ ..........See
Drab ,
Draff .]
To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.
Drabble Drab"ble intransitive verb To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
Drabble-tail Drab"ble-tail` noun A draggle- tail; a slattern. Halliwell.
Drabbler Drab"bler noun (Nautical) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.
Dracanth Dra"canth noun A kind of gum; - - called also gum tragacanth , or tragacanth . See Tragacanth .
Drachm Drachm noun [ See
Drachma .]
1. A drachma. 2. Same as Dram .
Drachma Drach"ma noun ;
plural English
Drachmas , Latin
Drachmæ . [ Latin , from Greek .... See
Dram .]
1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. 2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents. 3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
Drachme Drach"me noun [ French]
See Drachma .
Dracin Dra"cin noun [ Confer French
dracine .]
(Chemistry) See Draconin .
Draco Dra"co noun [ Latin See
Dragon .]
1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. (Zoology) A genus of lizards. See Dragon , 6.
Draconian Dra·co"ni·an adjective Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Draconian code ,
or Draconian laws ,
a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
Draconic Dra·con"ic adjective Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Draconin Dra·co"nin noun [ Confer French
draconine . See
Draco .]
(Chemistry) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin .
Dracontic Dra·con"tic adjective [ From Latin
draco dragon, in allusion to the terms
dragon's head and
dragon's tail .]
(Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head , under Dragon . [ Obsolete] "
Dracontic month."
Crabb.
Dracontine Dra·con"tine adjective [ Latin
draco dragon.]
Belonging to a dragon. Southey.
Dracunculus Dra·cun"cu·lus noun ;
plural Dracunculi . [ Latin , dim. of
draco dragon.]
(Zoology) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm ( Filaria medinensis ).
Dracæna Dra·cæ"na noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... she-dragon.]
(Botany) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. »
Dracæna Draco , the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.
Drad Drad past participle & adjective Dreaded. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Dradde Drad"de imperfect of Dread . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Dradge Dradge noun (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.
Draff Draff (drȧf)
noun [ Confer Dutch
draf the sediment of ale, Icelandic
draf draff, husks. Confer 1st
Drab .]
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks.
Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age.
Buckle. Mere chaff and draff , much better burnt.
Tennyson.
Draffish Draff"ish adjective Worthless; draffy. Bale.
Draffy Draff"y adjective Dreggy; waste; worthless. The dregs and draffy part.
Beau. & Fl.
Draft Draft (drȧft)
noun [ The same word as
draught . Middle English
draught ,
draht , from Anglo-Saxon
dragan to draw. See
Draw , and confer
Draught .]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught . Everything available for draft burden.
S. G. Goodrich. 2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.
Marshall. 3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan.
A. Hamilton. 4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods. Simmonds. 5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught . 6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught . 7. (Masonry) (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face. (b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter. 8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. 9. (Nautical) Depth of water necessary to float a ship; the depth below the water surface to which the bottom of a ship sinks when bearing a specific load. See Draught . 10. A current of air. Same as Draught .
Draft Draft adjective 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught . 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught . » The forms
draft and
draught , in the senses above-given, are both in approved use.
Draft box ,
Draft engine ,
Draft horse ,
Draft net ,
Draft ox ,
Draft tube .
Same as Draught box , Draught engine , etc. See under Draught .
Draft Draft transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Drafted ;
present participle & verbal noun Drafting .]
1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples.
Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London.
Fielding.
Draftsman Drafts"man noun See Draughtsman .
Drag Drag noun [ See 3d
Dredge .]
A confection; a comfit; a drug. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Drag Drag transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dragged ;
present participle & verbal noun Dragging .] [ Middle English
draggen ; akin to Swedish
dragga to search with a grapnel, from
dragg grapnel, from
draga to draw, the same word as English
draw . ... See
Draw .]
1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust.
Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Pope. 2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
Tennyson. 3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life.
Dryden. To drag an anchor (Nautical) ,
to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn. -- See
Draw .
Drag Drag intransitive verb 1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold. 2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly. The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun.
Byron. Long, open panegyric drags at best.
Gay. 3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back. A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.
Russell. 4. To fish with a dragnet.
Drag Drag noun [ See
Drag ,
transitive verb , and confer
Dray a cart, and 1st
Dredge .]
1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc. 3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag . 4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [ Collog.]
Thackeray. 5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground. 6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag .
J. D. Forbes. 7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. "Had a
drag in his walk."
Hazlitt. 8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone. 10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag , intransitive verb , 3. Drag sail (Nautical) ,
a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also drift sail , drag sheet , drag anchor , sea anchor , floating anchor , etc. --
Drag twist (Mining) ,
a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.
Drag line, rope Drag line, rope (Aëronautics) A guide rope.
Dragantine Dra·gan"tine noun [ See
Dracanth .]
A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth.
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