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English Dictionary: driving range	by the DICT Development Group
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deriving n (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase Synonym(s): deriving, derivation, etymologizing
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drabness n having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance Synonym(s): dowdiness, drabness, homeliness
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Drepanididae n Hawaiian honeycreepers [syn: Drepanididae, {family Drepanididae}]
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Drepanis n a genus of Drepanididae Synonym(s): Drepanis, genus Drepanis
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drepanocytic anaemia n a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape Synonym(s): sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia
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drepanocytic anemia n a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape Synonym(s): sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia
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drip mat n a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation
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drip mold n (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) Synonym(s): drip, drip mold, drip mould
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drip mould n (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) Synonym(s): drip, drip mold, drip mould
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drip pan n pan for catching drippings under roasting meat [syn: dripping pan, drip pan] pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste
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drippiness n the physical property of being soft and drippy falsely emotional in a maudlin way Synonym(s): mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
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dripping adv extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping] n a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) Synonym(s): dripping, drippage the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" Synonym(s): drip, dripping
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dripping pan n pan for catching drippings under roasting meat [syn: dripping pan, drip pan]
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drippings n fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried
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drive home v carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" Synonym(s): deliver, drive home make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas" Synonym(s): drive home, ram home, press home
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drive in v cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run" arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country" cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts" Synonym(s): screw, drive in
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drive-in n any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles
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driven adj compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" Synonym(s): driven, goaded urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue" Synonym(s): driven, impelled strongly motivated to succeed Synonym(s): compulsive, determined, driven
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driven well n a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water Synonym(s): driven well, tube well
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driving adj having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" Synonym(s): driving, impulsive acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive" n hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" Synonym(s): drive, driving the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
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driving axle n the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power Synonym(s): live axle, driving axle
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driving belt n a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery
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driving force n the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" Synonym(s): drive, thrust, driving force
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driving iron n (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face Synonym(s): driving iron, one iron
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driving licence n a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle Synonym(s): driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence
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driving license n a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle Synonym(s): driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence
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driving range n a practice range for practicing golf shots [syn: {golf range}, driving range]
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driving school n a school where people are taught to drive automobiles
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driving wheel n a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force)
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drooping adj weak from exhaustion Synonym(s): drooping, flagging hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) Synonym(s): drooping, droopy, sagging having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" Synonym(s): cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping
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drooping brome n annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean Synonym(s): downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, cheatgrass, drooping brome, Bromus tectorum
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drooping juniper n small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets Synonym(s): Mexican juniper, drooping juniper, Juniperus flaccida
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droopingly adv in a drooping manner; "a branch hung low, droopingly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drop anchor v secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" Synonym(s): anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
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drop behind v to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" Synonym(s): drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
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drop hammer n device for making large forgings [syn: drop forge, {drop hammer}, drop press]
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drop in v visit informally and spontaneously; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee" Synonym(s): drop by, drop in, come by
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drop one's serve v lose a game in which one is serving
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dropping adj coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" Synonym(s): dropping, falling
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dropping zone n an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops Synonym(s): drop zone, dropping zone
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droppings n fecal matter of animals Synonym(s): droppings, dung, muck
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drubbing n a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows Synonym(s): beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
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dry pint n a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches Synonym(s): pint, dry pint
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dry point n a print produced by dry point engraving a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate
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Durban n a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
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dwarf banana n low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit Synonym(s): dwarf banana, Musa acuminata
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dwarf maple n small maple of northwestern North America [syn: {dwarf maple}, Rocky-mountain maple, Acer glabrum]
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dwarf mountain pine n low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two Synonym(s): Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo
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dwarf mulberry n creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries Synonym(s): cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, salmonberry, Rubus chamaemorus
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dwarf nipplewort n small European herb with small yellow flowers [syn: {lamb succory}, dwarf nipplewort, Arnoseris minima]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheat sawfly \Wheat sawfly\       (a) A small European sawfly ({Cephus pygm[91]us}) whose larva             does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.       (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus             {Dolerus}, as {D. sericeus} and {D. arvensis}, whose             larv[91] injure the stems or heads of wheat.       (c) {Pachynematus extensicornis}, whose larv[91] feed chiefly             on the blades of wheat; -- called also {grass sawfly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Arapaima \[d8]A`ra*pai"ma\, n. [Prob. native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
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d8Dreibund \[d8]Drei"bund`\, n. [G., fr. drei three + bund       league.]       A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria,       and Italy, formed in 1882.
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d8Ravenala \[d8]Rav`e*na"la\, n. [Malagasy.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants related to the banana.          Note: {Ravenala Madagascariensis}, the principal species, is                an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing                alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing                bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water,                which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife,                whence the plant is called {traveller's tree}.
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d8Ripieno \[d8]Ri*pi*e"no\, a. [It.] (Mus.)       Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied       to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an       orchestra, but are not obbligato.
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d8Robinia \[d8]Ro*bin"i*a\, n. [NL. So called after Jean Robin,       a French herbalist.] (Bot.)       A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of       North America ({Robinia Pseudocacia}).
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d8Tribunal \[d8]Tri`bu*nal"\, n. [Sp.]       In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At       the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact       business, prisoners were confined, and troops and travelers       were often quartered.
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d8Trivium \[d8]Triv"i*um\, n. [LL. See {Trivial}.]       1. The three [bd] liberal[b8] arts, grammar, logic, and             rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.          Note: The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven                liberal arts. See {Quadrivium}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms,             collectively.
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d8Turbinella \[d8]Tur`bi*nel"la\, n. [NL., dim. fr. L. turbo,       -inis, a top.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell       with conspicuous folds on the columella.
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Derivement \De*rive"ment\, n.       That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.]                   I offer these derivements from these subjects. --W.                                                                               Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derive \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derived}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deriving}.] [F. d[82]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus       stream, brook. See {Rival}.]       1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute             into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to             transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]                         For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they                      [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland.                         Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by             descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --             followed by from.
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Drab \Drab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drabbing}.]       To associate with strumpets; to wench. --Beau. & Fl.
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Drape \Drape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d {Drab}.]       1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as             with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.                         The whole people were draped professionally. --De                                                                               Quincey.                         These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,                      Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have                      draped the woods and mere.                  --Bungay.          2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drawbench \Draw"bench`\, n. (Med.)       A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a       drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; --       also called drawing bench.
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Juniper \Ju"ni*per\, n. [L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing,       and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots       of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. {Gin} the liquor.] (Bot.)       Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus {Juniperus} and       order {Conifer[91]}.          Note: The common juniper ({J. communis}) is a shrub of a low,                spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in                whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue                berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as                diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the                bark, which has erroneously been considered identical                with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of                juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in                medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several                species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is                used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar,                Bermuda cedar, etc.          {Juniper worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a geometrid moth             ({Drepanodes varus}). It feeds upon the leaves of the             juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and             color, in a remarkable manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dribbing}.] [Cf. {Drip}.]       To do by little and little; as:       (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.       (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.                         He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.       (c) To lead along step by step; to entice.                         With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --                                                                               Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]       1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession             of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.          2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.          3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] [bd]The dribbling dart             of love.[b8] --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps             an error for {dribbing}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dribbing}.] [Cf. {Drip}.]       To do by little and little; as:       (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.       (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.                         He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.       (c) To lead along step by step; to entice.                         With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --                                                                               Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]       1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession             of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.          2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.          3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] [bd]The dribbling dart             of love.[b8] --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps             an error for {dribbing}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a       noun. See {Drop}.]       1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.          2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment             drips.                         The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.       1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.          2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.          {Dripping pan}, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from             meat in roasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.       1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.          2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.          {Dripping pan}, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from             meat in roasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. {Drove} (dr[omac]v),       formerly {Drave} (dr[amac]v); p. p. {Driven} (dr[icr]v'n); p.       pr. & vb. n. {Driving}.] [AS. dr[c6]fan; akin to OS.       dr[c6]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[c6]ban, G. treiben, Icel.       dr[c6]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. {Drift}, {Drove}.]       1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from             one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to             move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to             drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.                         A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).                         Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.                                                                               --Pope.                         Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.          2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which             draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,             to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by             beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive             a person to his own door.                         How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!                                                                               --Thackeray.          3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;             to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive             a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of             circumstances, by argument, and the like. [bd] Enough to             drive one mad.[b8] --Tennyson.                         He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do                      the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had                      done for his.                                    --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.             [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.                         The trade of life can not be driven without                      partners.                                          --Collier.          5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.                         To drive the country, force the swains away.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery             or tunnel. --Tomlinson.          7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent                action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body                is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to                cause to move by applying the force before, or in                front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the                objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an                engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive                logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct                them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to                place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,                drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them                by themselves. [bd]My thrice-driven bed of down.[b8]                --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Driven \Driv"en\, p. p.       of {Drive}. Also adj.          {Driven well}, a well made by driving a tube into the earth             to an aqueous stratum; -- called also {drive well}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Well \Well\, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to       well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain.       [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i.]       1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.                         Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. --Milton.          2. A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to             reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form,             and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth             from caving in.                         The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to                      draw with, and the well is deep.         --John iv. 11.          3. A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.          4. Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. [bd]This             well of mercy.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled. --Spenser.                         A well of serious thought and pure.   --Keble.          5. (Naut.)             (a) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around                   the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to                   preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their                   inspection.             (b) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing                   vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes                   perforated in the bottom to let in water for the                   preservation of fish alive while they are transported                   to market.             (c) A vertical passage in the stern into which an                   auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of                   water.             (d) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; --                   often called the cockpit.          6. (Mil.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from             which run branches or galleries.          7. (Arch.) An opening through the floors of a building, as             for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.          8. (Metal.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal             falls.          {Artesian well}, {Driven well}. See under {Artesian}, and             {Driven}.          {Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}, 5             (a), above.          {Well boring}, the art or process of boring an artesian well.                      {Well drain}.             (a) A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or                   pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land.             (b) A drain conducting to a well or pit.          {Well room}.             (a) A room where a well or spring is situated; especially,                   one built over a mineral spring.             (b) (Naut.) A depression in the bottom of a boat, into                   which water may run, and whence it is thrown out with                   a scoop.          {Well sinker}, one who sinks or digs wells.          {Well sinking}, the art or process of sinking or digging             wells.          {Well staircase} (Arch.), a staircase having a wellhole (see             {Wellhole}             (b) ), as distinguished from one which occupies the whole                   of the space left for it in the floor.          {Well sweep}. Same as {Sweep}, n., 12.          {Well water}, the water that flows into a well from             subterraneous springs; the water drawn from a well.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Driven \Driv"en\, p. p.       of {Drive}. Also adj.          {Driven well}, a well made by driving a tube into the earth             to an aqueous stratum; -- called also {drive well}.
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Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. {Drove} (dr[omac]v),       formerly {Drave} (dr[amac]v); p. p. {Driven} (dr[icr]v'n); p.       pr. & vb. n. {Driving}.] [AS. dr[c6]fan; akin to OS.       dr[c6]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[c6]ban, G. treiben, Icel.       dr[c6]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. {Drift}, {Drove}.]       1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from             one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to             move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to             drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.                         A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).                         Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.                                                                               --Pope.                         Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.          2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which             draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,             to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by             beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive             a person to his own door.                         How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!                                                                               --Thackeray.          3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;             to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive             a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of             circumstances, by argument, and the like. [bd] Enough to             drive one mad.[b8] --Tennyson.                         He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do                      the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had                      done for his.                                    --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.             [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.                         The trade of life can not be driven without                      partners.                                          --Collier.          5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.                         To drive the country, force the swains away.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery             or tunnel. --Tomlinson.          7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent                action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body                is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to                cause to move by applying the force before, or in                front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the                objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an                engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive                logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct                them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to                place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,                drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them                by themselves. [bd]My thrice-driven bed of down.[b8]                --Shak.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, n.       1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of             pressing or moving on furiously.          2. Tendency; drift. [R.]
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Driving \Driv"ing\, a.       1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or             storm.          2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.          {Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a             locomotive.          {Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving             axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.          {Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a             weak part of a measure and held through the next accented             part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.                      {Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving             axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and             deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.          {Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;             one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the             connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called             also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
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Droop \Droop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[?]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.]       1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an             animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or             exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. [bd]The             purple flowers droop.[b8] [bd]Above her drooped a             lamp.[b8] --Tennyson.                         I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he                      began very much to droop and languish. --Swift.          2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like             causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as,             her spirits drooped.                         I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.                                                                               --Addison.          3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.             [bd]Then day drooped.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Droopingly \Droop"ing*ly\, adv.       In a drooping manner.
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Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D.       drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and       Fr. AS. dre[a2]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D.       druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[?]pa. Cf.       {Drip}, {Droop}.]       1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical             mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest             easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as,             a drop of water.                         With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.                         As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my                      sad heart.                                          -- Shak.                         That drop of peace divine.                  --Keble.          2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid             drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass             pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes             medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.          3. (Arch.)             (a) Same as {Gutta}.             (b) Any small pendent ornament.          4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an             elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering             something; as:             (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that                   part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he                   is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.             (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages,                   coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.             (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.             (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage                   of a theater, etc.             (e) A drop press or drop hammer.             (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the                   base of a hanger.          5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;             as, lavender drops.          6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied             to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.          {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}.          {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated             portions. [bd]Made to taste drop by drop more than the             bitterness of death.[b8] --Burke.          {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4.             (d) .          {Drop forging}. (Mech.)             (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.             (b) The process of making drop forgings.          {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up             metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar             device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on             an anvil or die.          {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it             rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.          {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.          {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office             where posted.          {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke             hammer; -- also called drop.          {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See             {Drop}, n., 4.             (d) .          {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}.          {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}.
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Hammer \Ham"mer\, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D.       hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer,       crag, and perh. to Gr. [?] anvil, Skr. a[?]man stone.]       1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the             like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron,             fixed crosswise to a handle.                         With busy hammers closing rivets up.   --Shak.          2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common             hammer; as:             (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to                   indicate the hour.             (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires,                   to produce the tones.             (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under {Ear}. (Gun.) That part                   of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or                   firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of                   steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and                   struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.             (e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as,                   St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.                               He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had                            been the [bd]massive iron hammers[b8] of the                            whole earth.                                 --J. H.                                                                               Newman.          {Atmospheric hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer in which the             spring is formed by confined air.          {Drop hammer}, {Face hammer}, etc. See under {Drop}, {Face},             etc.          {Hammer fish}. See {Hammerhead}.          {Hammer hardening}, the process of hardening metal by             hammering it when cold.          {Hammer shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Malleus}, a genus             of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters,             having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them             a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also {hammer oyster}.                      {To bring to the hammer}, to put up at auction.
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Dropmeal \Drop"meal`\, Dropmele \Drop"mele`\, adv. [AS.       drop-m[?]lum; dropa drop + m[?]l portion. Cf. {Piecemeal}.]       By drops or small portions. [Obs.]                   Distilling dropmeal, a little at once.   --Holland.
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Dropmeal \Drop"meal`\, Dropmele \Drop"mele`\, adv. [AS.       drop-m[?]lum; dropa drop + m[?]l portion. Cf. {Piecemeal}.]       By drops or small portions. [Obs.]                   Distilling dropmeal, a little at once.   --Holland.
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Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See       {Drop}, n.]       1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules;             to distill. [bd]The trees drop balsam.[b8] --Creech.                         The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a                      tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.                                                                               --Sterne.          2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a             drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop             a courtesy.          3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to             discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.                         They suddenly drop't the pursuit.      --S. Sharp.                         That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop                      you and pick you up again.                  --Thackeray.                         The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir                                                                               W. Scott.                         Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven.                                                                               --Tennyson.          4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in             an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint,             a word of counsel, etc.          5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.          6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter,             word.          7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.          8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.                         Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold.                                                                               --Milton.          {To drop a vessel} (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a             chase; to outsail it.
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Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.       1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.          2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of             animals.          {Dropping bottle}, an instrument used to supply small             quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.          {Dropping fire}, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.                      {Dropping tube}, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
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Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.       1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.          2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of             animals.          {Dropping bottle}, an instrument used to supply small             quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.          {Dropping fire}, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.                      {Dropping tube}, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
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Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.       1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.          2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of             animals.          {Dropping bottle}, an instrument used to supply small             quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.          {Dropping fire}, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.                      {Dropping tube}, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
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Dropping \Drop"ping\, n.       1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.          2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of             animals.          {Dropping bottle}, an instrument used to supply small             quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.          {Dropping fire}, a continued irregular discharge of firearms.                      {Dropping tube}, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
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Droppinly \Drop"pin*ly\, adv.       In drops.
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Droven \Dro"ven\, p. p.       of {Drive}. [Obs.]
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Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.]       1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to             follow the occupation of a drover.                         He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the                      Castlereagh.                                       --Paterson.          2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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Drub \Drub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba       to hit, beat, Dan. dr[91]be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to       strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit,       touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]       To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.                   Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.                                                                               --L'Estrange.
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e,       druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG.       trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought},       {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]       1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;             not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal             supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said             especially:             (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.                               The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the                            season.                                       --Addison.             (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not                   succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.             (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.             (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.                               Give the dry fool drink.               -- Shak             (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.                               Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --                                                                               Prescott.             (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is                   entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry                   gangrene; dry catarrh.          2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;             unembellished; jejune; plain.                         These epistles will become less dry, more                      susceptible of ornament.                     --Pope.          3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or             hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone             or manner; dry wit.                         He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.                                                                               Irving.          4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of             execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and             of easy transition in coloring.          {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the             foundation of a building to guard it from damp.          {Dry blow}.             (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no                   effusion of blood.             (b) A quick, sharp blow.          {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a             miner's term.          {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also             {parchment beaver}.          {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.          {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.          {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).          {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,             impartial view. --Bacon.                         The scientific man must keep his feelings under                      stern control, lest they obtrude into his                      researches, and color the dry light in which alone                      science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.          {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or             coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.          {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed             without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,             and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of             great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names             of the two earliest constructors of it.          {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam             from a boiler.          {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating             sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or             pictures can be made, without moistening.          {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry             plates.          {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)             (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the                   burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,                   but is finished without the use acid.             (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.             (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is                   made.          {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a             clause of distress. --Bouvier.          {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the             condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the             presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),             which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but             it is more probable that the real cause is the             decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called             also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.             --Hebert.          {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of             arid climates. --Brande & C.          {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry             articles.          {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and             fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have             wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is             perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the             saccharine matter is in excess.
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e,       druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG.       trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought},       {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]       1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;             not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal             supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said             especially:             (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.                               The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the                            season.                                       --Addison.             (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not                   succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.             (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.             (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.                               Give the dry fool drink.               -- Shak             (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.                               Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --                                                                               Prescott.             (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is                   entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry                   gangrene; dry catarrh.          2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;             unembellished; jejune; plain.                         These epistles will become less dry, more                      susceptible of ornament.                     --Pope.          3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or             hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone             or manner; dry wit.                         He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.                                                                               Irving.          4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of             execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and             of easy transition in coloring.          {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the             foundation of a building to guard it from damp.          {Dry blow}.             (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no                   effusion of blood.             (b) A quick, sharp blow.          {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a             miner's term.          {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also             {parchment beaver}.          {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.          {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.          {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).          {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,             impartial view. --Bacon.                         The scientific man must keep his feelings under                      stern control, lest they obtrude into his                      researches, and color the dry light in which alone                      science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.          {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or             coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.          {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed             without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,             and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of             great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names             of the two earliest constructors of it.          {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam             from a boiler.          {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating             sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or             pictures can be made, without moistening.          {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry             plates.          {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)             (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the                   burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,                   but is finished without the use acid.             (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.             (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is                   made.          {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a             clause of distress. --Bouvier.          {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the             condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the             presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),             which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but             it is more probable that the real cause is the             decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called             also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.             --Hebert.          {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of             arid climates. --Brande & C.          {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry             articles.          {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and             fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have             wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is             perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the             saccharine matter is in excess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry-boned \Dry"-boned`\, a.       Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,       hymlic.]       1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs             having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the             {Cicuta maculata}, {bulbifera}, and {virosa}, and the             {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}.          Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by                some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta                virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium                maculatum}.          2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies,             [or] Tsuga, Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.                         The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.          3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.          {Ground hemlock}, [or] {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dwarfing}.]       To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep       small; to stunt. --Addison.                   Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .                would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a                spiritual background.                              --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dripping Springs, TX (city, FIPS 21424)       Location: 30.18848 N, 98.08825 W       Population (1990): 1033 (399 housing units)       Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78620
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Durbin, ND       Zip code(s): 58059    Durbin, WV (town, FIPS 22852)       Location: 38.54715 N, 79.82815 W       Population (1990): 278 (147 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26264
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drop on the floor vt.   To react to an error condition by    silently discarding messages or other valuable data.   "The gateway    ran out of memory, so it just started dropping packets on the    floor."   Also frequently used of faulty mail and netnews relay sites    that lose messages.   See also {black hole}, {bit bucket}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drop-ins n.   [prob. by analogy with {drop-outs}] Spurious    characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line    noise or a system malfunction of some sort.   Esp. used when these    are interspersed with one's own typed input.   Compare {drop-outs},    sense 2.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drop on the floor          To react to an error condition by silently discarding messages       or other valuable data.   "The gateway ran out of memory, so it       just started dropping packets on the floor."   Also frequently       used of faulty mail and netnews relay sites that lose       messages.   See also {black hole}, {bit bucket}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drop-ins          [analogy with {drop-outs}] Spurious characters appearing on a       terminal or console as a result of {line noise} or a system       malfunction of some sort.   Especially used when these are       interspersed with one's own typed input.          [{Jargon File}]