Dragees (n. pl.) Sugar-coated medicines.
Draggled (imp. & p. p.) of Draggle
Draggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draggle
Draggle (v. t.) To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail.
Draggle (v. i.) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass.
Draggle-tail (n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
Draglink (n.) A drawbar.
Dragmen (pl. ) of Dragman
Dragman (n.) A fisherman who uses a dragnet.
Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.
Dragomans (pl. ) of Dragoman
Dragoman (n.) An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
Dragon (n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.
Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
Dragon (n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
Dragon (n.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
Dragonet (n.) A little dragon.
Dragonet (n.) A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
Dragonish (a.) resembling a dragon.
Dragonlike (a.) Like a dragon.
Dragonnade (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
Dragon's blood () Alt. of Dragon's tail
Dragon's head () Alt. of Dragon's tail
Dragon's tail () See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.
Dragoon (n.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
Dragoon (n.) A variety of pigeon.
Dragooned (imp. & p. p.) of Dragoon
Dragooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dragoon
Dragoon (v. t.) To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Dragoonade (n.) See Dragonnade.
Dragooner (n.) A dragoon.
Drail (v. t. & i.) To trail; to draggle.
Drained (imp. & p. p.) of Drain
Draining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drain
Drain (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Drain (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
Drain (v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain (n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Drainable (a.) Capable of being drained.
Drainage (n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
Drainage (n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
Draine (n.) The missel thrush.
Drainer (n.) One who, or that which, drains.
Draining (v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
Drainpipe (n.) A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
Draintrap (n.) See 4th Trap, 5.
Drake (n.) The male of the duck kind.
Drake (n.) The drake fly.
Drake (n.) A dragon.
Drake (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Drake (n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.
Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.
Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
Dram (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.
Dram (n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
Dram (n.) A Persian daric.
Dram (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.
Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
Dramatic (a.) Alt. of Dramatical
Dramatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
Dramatically (adv.) In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.
Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.
Dramatizable (a.) Capable of being dramatized.
Dramatization (n.) Act of dramatizing.
Dramatized (imp. & p. p.) of Dramatize
Dramatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dramatize
Dramatize (v. t.) To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
Dramaturgic (a.) Relating to dramaturgy.
Dramaturgist (n.) One versed in dramaturgy.
Dramaturgy (n.) The art of dramatic composition and representation.
Dramming (n.) The practice of drinking drams.
Dramseller (n.) One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
Dramshop (n.) A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.
Drank (imp.) of Drink.
Drank (n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant.
Drap d'ete () A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.
Draped (imp. & p. p.) of Drape
Draping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drape
Drape (v. t.) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
Drape (v. t.) To rail at; to banter.
Drape (v. i.) To make cloth.
Drape (v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.