derby hat
         n 1: a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim [syn:
               {bowler hat}, {bowler}, {derby hat}, {derby}, {plug hat}]

English Dictionary: drop out	by the DICT Development Group
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derivation n the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase Synonym(s): deriving, derivation, etymologizing a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations" inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline Synonym(s): ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
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derivational adj characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational" Antonym(s): inflectional
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derivational morphology n the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words
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derivative adj resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style" n the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx Synonym(s): derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound a financial instrument whose value is based on another security Synonym(s): derivative instrument, derivative (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"
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derivative instrument n a financial instrument whose value is based on another security Synonym(s): derivative instrument, derivative
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derived adj formed or developed from something else; not original; "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey Antonym(s): underived
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derived function n the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx Synonym(s): derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative
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dorbeetle n Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound
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Doryopteris n small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae Synonym(s): Doryopteris, genus Doryopteris
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Doryopteris pedata n tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds Synonym(s): hand fern, Doryopteris pedata
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draft n a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another Synonym(s): draft, bill of exchange, order of payment a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) Synonym(s): draft, draught a preliminary sketch of a design or picture Synonym(s): draft, rough drawing a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" Synonym(s): draft, draught, potation, tipple any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" Synonym(s): draft, draft copy the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) Synonym(s): draft, draught a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" Synonym(s): draft, draught compulsory military service Synonym(s): conscription, muster, draft, selective service a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" Synonym(s): gulp, draft, draught, swig the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling Synonym(s): draft, draught, drawing v draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" Synonym(s): draft, outline engage somebody to enter the army Synonym(s): enlist, draft, muster in Antonym(s): discharge, muster out make a blueprint of Synonym(s): blueprint, draft, draught
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draft animal n an animal used for pulling heavy loads
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draft beer n beer drawn from a keg Synonym(s): draft beer, draught beer
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draft board n a board to select personnel for involuntary military service
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draft copy n any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" Synonym(s): draft, draft copy
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draft dodger n someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve [syn: draft dodger, draft evader]
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draft evader n someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve [syn: draft dodger, draft evader]
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draft horse n horse adapted for drawing heavy loads [syn: draft horse, draught horse, dray horse]
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draftee n someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] Antonym(s): military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer
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drafter n a writer of a draft
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drafting n writing a first version to be filled out and polished later the craft of drawing blueprints Synonym(s): drafting, mechanical drawing the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father" Synonym(s): drawing, draftsmanship, drafting
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drafting board n a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings Synonym(s): drafting board, drawing board
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drafting instrument n an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings
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drafting table n a worktable with adjustable top [syn: drafting table, drawing table]
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draftsman n a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines Synonym(s): draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson an artist skilled at drawing Synonym(s): draftsman, drawer
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draftsmanship n the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father" Synonym(s): drawing, draftsmanship, drafting
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draftsperson n a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines Synonym(s): draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson
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drafty adj not airtight Synonym(s): drafty, draughty
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draped adj covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" Synonym(s): cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped covered in folds of cloth; "velvet-draped windows"
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Dravidian n a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them) a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka Synonym(s): Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian language
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Dravidian language n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka Synonym(s): Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian language
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Dravidic n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka Synonym(s): Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian language
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draw a bead on v aim with a gun; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal Synonym(s): draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for
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drift n a force that moves something along [syn: drift, impetus, impulsion] the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) a process of linguistic change over a period of time a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" Synonym(s): drift, trend, movement the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" Synonym(s): drift, purport a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" Synonym(s): drift, heading, gallery v be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" Synonym(s): float, drift, be adrift, blow wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" Synonym(s): stray, err, drift move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher" live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" Synonym(s): freewheel, drift move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
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drift apart v lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married" Synonym(s): drift apart, drift away
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drift away v lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married" Synonym(s): drift apart, drift away
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drift ice n masses of ice floating in the open sea
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drift net n a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current
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drift off v change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures" Synonym(s): fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off Antonym(s): arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken
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driftage n the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting
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drifter n a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support Synonym(s): vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond
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driftfish n larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
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drifting adj continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" Synonym(s): aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant n aimless wandering from place to place
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driftwood n wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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drip feed n the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time
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drip pot n a coffeepot for making drip coffee
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drip-dry adj treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing; "a wash-and-wear shirt" Synonym(s): wash-and-wear, drip-dry used of fabrics that do not require ironing; "drip-dry shirts for travel" Synonym(s): drip-dry, permanent-press v dry by hanging up wet
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drive out v force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" Synonym(s): chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." Synonym(s): rout out, drive out, force out, rouse clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" Synonym(s): expectorate, clear out, drive out
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drop by the wayside v give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" Synonym(s): drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge Antonym(s): enter, participate
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drop dead v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" Synonym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it Antonym(s): be born
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drop down v fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" Synonym(s): sink, drop, drop down
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drop out v give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" Synonym(s): drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge Antonym(s): enter, participate withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values; "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California" leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"
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drop the ball v commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" Synonym(s): drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof
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drop-dead adv extremely; "she was drop-dead gorgeous"
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drop-down menu n a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it
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dropout n someone who quits school before graduation someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
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dropped egg n egg cooked in gently boiling water [syn: poached egg, dropped egg]
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dry battery n a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells
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dryopithecine n considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans
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Dryopithecus n genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene [syn: Dryopithecus, genus Dryopithecus]
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Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus n fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene Synonym(s): rudapithecus, Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus
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Dryopteridaceae n alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems Synonym(s): Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae
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Dryopteris n large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae Synonym(s): Dryopteris, genus Dryopteris
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Dryopteris dilatata n European shield fern [syn: broad buckler-fern, Dryopteris dilatata]
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Dryopteris filix-mas n fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms Synonym(s): male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas
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Dryopteris fragrans n fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds Synonym(s): fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, Dryopteris fragrans
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Dryopteris goldiana n North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe [syn: Goldie's fern, Goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana]
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Dryopteris hexagonoptera n beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes Synonym(s): broad beech fern, southern beech fern, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Dryopteris hexagonoptera, Thelypteris hexagonoptera
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Dryopteris marginalis n North American fern with evergreen fronds [syn: {marginal wood fern}, evergreen wood fern, leatherleaf wood fern, Dryopteris marginalis]
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Dryopteris noveboracensis n slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris Synonym(s): New York fern, Parathelypteris novae-boracensis, Dryopteris noveboracensis
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Dryopteris oreades n a fern of the genus Dryopteris [syn: mountain male fern, Dryopteris oreades]
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Dryopteris oreopteris n common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds Synonym(s): mountain fern, Oreopteris limbosperma, Dryopteris oreopteris
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Dryopteris phegopteris n beech fern of North America and Eurasia [syn: {long beech fern}, narrow beech fern, northern beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis, Dryopteris phegopteris, Thelypteris phegopteris]
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Dryopteris thelypteris n fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions Synonym(s): marsh fern, Thelypteris palustris, Dryopteris thelypteris
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Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens n fern of northeastern North America [syn: snuffbox fern, meadow fern, Thelypteris palustris pubescens, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens]
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dwarf daisy n tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum Synonym(s): woolly daisy, dwarf daisy, Antheropeas wallacei, Eriophyllum wallacei
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dwarf dandelion n small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States Synonym(s): dwarf dandelion, Krigia dandelion, Krigia bulbosa
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dwarf tulip n small early blooming tulip [syn: dwarf tulip, {Tulipa armena}, Tulipa suaveolens]
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dwarf-white trillium n a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States Synonym(s): dwarf-white trillium, snow trillium, early wake-robin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Drap d'82t82 \[d8]Drap` d'[82]*t[82]"\ [F., clot of summer.]       A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eurypteroidea \[d8]Eu*ryp`te*roi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See       {Eurypteroid}.] (Paleont.)       An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus       Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic       rocks. [Written also {Eurypterida}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eurypterus \[d8]Eu*ryp"te*rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] broad +       [?] a wing.] (Paleon.)       A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some       of the species are more than three feet long.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orbitel91 \[d8]Or`bi*te"l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. orbis an       orb + tela a web.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical       webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orbitolites \[d8]Or`bi*to*li"tes\, n. [NL. See {Orbit}, and       {-lite}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular       disks, containing numerous small chambers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Orvet \[d8]Or`vet"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.)       The blindworm.
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d8Rabat \[d8]Ra`bat"\, n. [F. Cf. {Rabato}.] (Eccl.)       (a) A clerical linen collar.       (b) A kind of clerical scarf fitted to a collar; as, a black             silk rabat.
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d8Raphides \[d8]Raph"i*des\, n. pl. [F. raphide.] (Bot.)       See {Rhaphides}.
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d8Raptores \[d8]Rap*to"res\ (r[acr]p*t[omac]"e[emac]z), n. pl.       [NL. See {Raptor}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Accipitres}. Called also {Raptatores}.
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d8Refait \[d8]Re*fait"\, n. [F.] (Card Playing)       A drawn game; specif. (Trente et quarante), a state of the       game in which the aggregate pip value of cards dealt to red       equals that of those dealt to black. All bets are then off;       unless the value is 31, in which case the banker wins half       the stakes.
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d8Repetitor \[d8]Rep"e*ti`tor\ (r?p"?-t?`t?r), n. [Cf. L.       repetitor a reclaimer.] (Ger.Univ.)       A private instructor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Reptantia \[d8]Rep*tan"ti*a\ (r?p-t?n"sh?-?), n.pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A divisiom of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
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d8Reptilia \[d8]Rep*til"i*a\ (r?p-t?l"?-?), n.pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually       covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has       two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young       is the same as that of birds.          Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or                birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or                Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards),                Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief                extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria,                Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhabdocd2la \[d8]Rhab`do*c[d2]"la\       (r[acr]b`d[osl]*s[emac]"l[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       "ra`bdos a rod + koi^los hollow.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple       cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhabdophora \[d8]Rhab*doph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       "ra`bdos a rod + [?][?][?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.)       An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the       graptolities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhabdopleura \[d8]Rhab`do*pleu"ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos       a rod + [?][?][?][?] the side.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a       centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a       bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order       Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhaphides \[d8]Rhaph"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?],       [?][?][?], a needle, F. raphides.] (Bot.)       Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in       the tissues of plants. [Written also {raphides}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhipidoglossa \[d8]Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?][?][?] a fan + [?][?][?][?] a tongue.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of       long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse       row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in       Appendix.
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d8Ribaudequin \[d8]Ri*bau"de*quin\, n. [F.]       1. An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a             protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front             with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with             small cannon.          2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for             casting javelins.
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d8Robe-de-chambre \[d8]Robe`-de-cham"bre\, n. [F., lit., a       chamber gown.]       A dressing gown, or morning gown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rub \Rub\, n.          {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in             motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any             agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie.    d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar.       rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four       radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.]       Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl.       construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rubato \[d8]Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.]       Robbed; borrowed.          {[d8]Temple rubato}. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term             applied to a style of performance in which some tones are             held longer than their legitimate time, while others are             proportionally curtailed.
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d8Therapeut91 \[d8]Ther`a*peu"t[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       (pl. [?]) an attendant, servant, physician. See       {Therapeutic}.] (Eccl. Hist.)       A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt       in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a       work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of       which are now much discredited.
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d8Theropoda \[d8]The*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a beast       + [?], [?], foot.] (Paleon.)       An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less       birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped,       than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera       {Megalosaurus}, {Creosaurus}, and their allies.
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d8Tripe-de-roche \[d8]Tripe`-de-roche"\, n. [F.] (Bot.)       Same as Rock tripe, under {Rock}.
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d8Tripitaka \[d8]Tri*pit"a*ka\, n. [Skr. tripi[tsdot]aka.]       The three divisions, or [bd]baskets[b8] (pitakas), of       buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr.       Vinayapi[tsdot]aka], or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka       [Pali], or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali],       or Basket of Metaphysics.
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Darbyite \Dar"by*ite\, n.       One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so       called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the       Brethren.
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Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\       The members of a religious sect which first appeared at       Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against       sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy.       Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists},       etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren.
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Derby \Der"by\ (?; usually ? in Eng.; 85), n.       1. A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near             London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the             12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.          {Derby Day}, the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes,             -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide.          2. A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
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Derivate \Der"i*vate\, a. [L. derivatus, p. p. of derivare. See       {Derive}.]       Derived; derivative. [R.] --H. Taylor. -- n. A thing derived;       a derivative. [R.]
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Derivate \Der"i*vate\, v. t.       To derive. [Obs.] --Huloet.
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Derivation \Der`iva"tion\, n.       The formation of a word from its more original or radical       elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a       word.
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Derivation \Der`i*va"tion\, n. [L. derivatio: cf. F.       d[82]rivation. See {Derive}.]       1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.             [Obs.] --T. Burnet.          2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of             procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as             profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from             evidence.                         As touching traditional communication, . . . I do                      not doubt but many of those truths have had the help                      of that derivation.                           --Sir M. Hale.          3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or             genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan             root.          4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of             origin when established or asserted.          5. That from which a thing is derived.          6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.                         From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of                      that river.                                       --Gibbon.          7. (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from             another according to some fixed law, called the law of             derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.          8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the             body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
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Derivational \Der`i*va"tion*al\, a.       Relating to derivation. --Earle.
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.       d[82]rivatif.]       Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or       fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something       else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative       word.          {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation             found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries             empty directly into the veins without the interposition of             capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --             {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, n.       1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from             another.          2. (Gram.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or             suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a             word which takes its origin from a root.          3. (Mus.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another             by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root             implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.          4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation             (in the medical sense).          5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a             given function by a certain algebraic process.          Note: Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the                same as the differential coefficient. See {Differential                coefficient}, under {Differential}.          6. (Chem.) A substance so related to another substance by             modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as             derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives             of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of             methane, benzene, etc.
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.       d[82]rivatif.]       Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or       fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something       else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative       word.          {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation             found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries             empty directly into the veins without the interposition of             capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --             {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.       d[82]rivatif.]       Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or       fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something       else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative       word.          {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation             found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries             empty directly into the veins without the interposition of             capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --             {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.       d[82]rivatif.]       Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or       fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something       else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative       word.          {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation             found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries             empty directly into the veins without the interposition of             capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --             {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.
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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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Direption \Di*rep"tion\, n. [L. direptio, fr. diripere to tear       asunder, plunder; di- = dis- + rapere to seize and carry       off.]       The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.]       --Speed.
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Direptitious \Di*rep*ti"tious\, a.       Characterized by direption. [R.] --Encyc. Dict.
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Direptitiously \Di*rep*ti"tious*ly\, adv.       With plundering violence; by violent injustice. [R.]       --Strype.
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Diruption \Di*rup"tion\, n. [L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See       {Disrupt}, a.]       Disruption.
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.       taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),       which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also       applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called       also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},       {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See 1st {Dor}.
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and       allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or       {dorbeetle}.
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.       taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),       which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also       applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called       also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},       {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See 1st {Dor}.
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and       allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or       {dorbeetle}.
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.       taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),       which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also       applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called       also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},       {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See 1st {Dor}.
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and       allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or       {dorbeetle}.
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.       taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),       which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also       applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called       also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},       {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
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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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Drabbet \Drab"bet\, n.       A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.]       1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to             attend to. --Pope.                         No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.          2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.                         Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.                                                                               --Maccaulay.          3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing             charged); to brand. [Obs.]                         They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.          4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.          5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.          6. To set down in musical characters.          {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a             refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which             is done officially by a notary.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {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.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the                constituent elements into which all contracts are                resolved.          {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]       {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.             This engagement is usually made by writing the word             [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.          {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an             intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of             the transaction.          6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]          {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under             {Accept}.
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.]       1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to             attend to. --Pope.                         No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.          2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.                         Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.                                                                               --Maccaulay.          3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing             charged); to brand. [Obs.]                         They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.          4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.          5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.          6. To set down in musical characters.          {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a             refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which             is done officially by a notary.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {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.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the                constituent elements into which all contracts are                resolved.          {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]       {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.             This engagement is usually made by writing the word             [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.          {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an             intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of             the transaction.          6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]          {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under             {Accept}.
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.]       1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to             attend to. --Pope.                         No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.          2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.                         Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.                                                                               --Maccaulay.          3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing             charged); to brand. [Obs.]                         They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.          4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.          5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.          6. To set down in musical characters.          {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a             refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which             is done officially by a notary.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {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.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the                constituent elements into which all contracts are                resolved.          {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or]       {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.             This engagement is usually made by writing the word             [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill.          {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an             intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of             the transaction.          6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]          {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under             {Accept}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, a.       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}.          Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,                are both on approved use.          {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},       {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught             engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {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.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {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.
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Draftsman \Drafts"man\, n.       See {Draughtsman}.
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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.
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Drapet \Dra"pet\, n. [Dim. of drap.]       Cloth. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Dravida \Dra"vi*da\, n. pl. [Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, prob.       meaning, Tamil.] (Ethnol.)       A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who       occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.
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Dravidian \Dra*vid"i*an\, a. [From Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, the       name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.]       (Ethnol.)       Of or pertaining to the Dravida.          {Dravidian languages}, a group of languages of Southern             India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives,             before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these             languages, the Tamil is the most important.
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Dravidian \Dra*vid"i*an\, a. [From Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, the       name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.]       (Ethnol.)       Of or pertaining to the Dravida.          {Dravidian languages}, a group of languages of Southern             India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives,             before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these             languages, the Tamil is the most important.
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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.
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Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, [?]aitum, to go to; ad +       ire to go.]       1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly             horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which             water and ores are carried away; -- called also {drift}             and {tunnel}.          2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]                         Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.
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Drift \Drift\, n.       1. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic             circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to             occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;             as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.          2. (A[89]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure             of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine.             The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which             sustains the machine in the air.
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a       driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,       herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See       {Drive}.]       1. A driving; a violent movement.                         The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his                      wings.                                                --King                                                                               Alisaunder                                                                               (1332).          2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or             drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.                         A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,                      will follow the impulse of it till something                      interpose.                                          --South.          3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;             setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt.          4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or             the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence,             also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.                         He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment                      on his country in general.                  -- Addison.                         Now thou knowest my drift.                  --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:             (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a                   useless drift.[b8] --Dryden.             (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced                   onward together in a body, or thrown together in a                   heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of                   snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.                               Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.                               We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift                            [of ice].                                    --Kane.             (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]                               Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great                            drift doing much damage to the high ways). --                                                                               Fuller.          6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or             vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.          7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or             boulders, which have been distributed over large portions             of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of             forty degrees, by the agency of ice.          8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.          9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or             shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or             through it; a broach.          10. (Mil.)             (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition                   contained in a rocket, or like firework.             (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong                   projectiles.          11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;             a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or             tunnel.          12. (Naut.)             (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given                   time.             (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes                   with the meridian, in drifting.             (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from                   her desired course by the wind, currents, or other                   causes.             (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is                   raised and the rail is cut off, and usually                   terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.             (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.          13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole             into which it is driven, or between the circumference of             a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.          Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first                part of a compound. See {Drift}, a.          {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view             of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,             whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or             not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill.
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drifting}.]       1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of             water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted             ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.                         We drifted o'er the harbor bar.         -- Coleridge.          2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven             into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.          3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for             the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or             ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
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Drift \Drift\, v. t.       1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H.             Newman.          2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or             sand.          3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, [?]aitum, to go to; ad +       ire to go.]       1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly             horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which             water and ores are carried away; -- called also {drift}             and {tunnel}.          2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]                         Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.
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Drift \Drift\, n.       1. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic             circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to             occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;             as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.          2. (A[89]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure             of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine.             The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which             sustains the machine in the air.
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a       driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,       herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See       {Drive}.]       1. A driving; a violent movement.                         The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his                      wings.                                                --King                                                                               Alisaunder                                                                               (1332).          2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or             drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.                         A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,                      will follow the impulse of it till something                      interpose.                                          --South.          3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;             setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt.          4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or             the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence,             also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.                         He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment                      on his country in general.                  -- Addison.                         Now thou knowest my drift.                  --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:             (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a                   useless drift.[b8] --Dryden.             (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced                   onward together in a body, or thrown together in a                   heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of                   snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.                               Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.                               We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift                            [of ice].                                    --Kane.             (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]                               Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great                            drift doing much damage to the high ways). --                                                                               Fuller.          6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or             vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.          7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or             boulders, which have been distributed over large portions             of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of             forty degrees, by the agency of ice.          8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.          9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or             shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or             through it; a broach.          10. (Mil.)             (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition                   contained in a rocket, or like firework.             (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong                   projectiles.          11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;             a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or             tunnel.          12. (Naut.)             (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given                   time.             (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes                   with the meridian, in drifting.             (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from                   her desired course by the wind, currents, or other                   causes.             (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is                   raised and the rail is cut off, and usually                   terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.             (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.          13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole             into which it is driven, or between the circumference of             a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.          Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first                part of a compound. See {Drift}, a.          {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view             of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,             whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or             not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill.
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drifting}.]       1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of             water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted             ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.                         We drifted o'er the harbor bar.         -- Coleridge.          2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven             into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.          3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for             the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or             ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
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Drift \Drift\, v. t.       1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H.             Newman.          2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or             sand.          3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a       driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,       herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See       {Drive}.]       1. A driving; a violent movement.                         The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his                      wings.                                                --King                                                                               Alisaunder                                                                               (1332).          2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or             drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.                         A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,                      will follow the impulse of it till something                      interpose.                                          --South.          3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;             setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt.          4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or             the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence,             also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.                         He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment                      on his country in general.                  -- Addison.                         Now thou knowest my drift.                  --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:             (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a                   useless drift.[b8] --Dryden.             (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced                   onward together in a body, or thrown together in a                   heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of                   snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.                               Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.                               We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift                            [of ice].                                    --Kane.             (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]                               Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great                            drift doing much damage to the high ways). --                                                                               Fuller.          6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or             vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.          7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or             boulders, which have been distributed over large portions             of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of             forty degrees, by the agency of ice.          8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.          9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or             shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or             through it; a broach.          10. (Mil.)             (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition                   contained in a rocket, or like firework.             (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong                   projectiles.          11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;             a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or             tunnel.          12. (Naut.)             (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given                   time.             (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes                   with the meridian, in drifting.             (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from                   her desired course by the wind, currents, or other                   causes.             (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is                   raised and the rail is cut off, and usually                   terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.             (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.          13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole             into which it is driven, or between the circumference of             a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.          Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first                part of a compound. See {Drift}, a.          {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view             of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,             whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or             not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill.
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {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. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- 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}, v. i., 3.          {Drag sail} (Naut.), 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.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {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. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- 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}, v. i., 3.          {Drag sail} (Naut.), 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.
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Drift \Drift\, a.       That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or       currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.          {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under             {Drag}, n.          {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch.          {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net.          {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n.
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Driftage \Drift"age\, n.       1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.          2. Anything that drifts.
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Driftbolt \Drift"bolt`\, n.       A bolt for driving out other bolts.
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drifting}.]       1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of             water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted             ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.                         We drifted o'er the harbor bar.         -- Coleridge.          2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven             into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.          3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for             the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or             ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drifting}.]       1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of             water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted             ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.                         We drifted o'er the harbor bar.         -- Coleridge.          2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven             into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.          3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for             the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or             ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
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Driftless \Drift"less\, a.       Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
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Driftpiece \Drift"piece"\, n. (Shipbuilding)       An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank       sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
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Driftpin \Drift"pin`\, n. (Mech.)       A smooth drift. See {Drift}, n., 9.
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Driftway \Drift"way`\, n.       1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. --Cowell.             Burrill.          2. (Mining) Same as {Drift}, {11}.
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Driftweed \Drift"weed`\, n.       Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. --Darwin.
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Driftwind \Drift"wind`\, n.       A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into       heaps. --Beau. & Fl.
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Driftwood \Drift"wood`\, n.       1. Wood drifted or floated by water.          2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.                         The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion                      of very useless driftwood.                  -- New Your                                                                               Times.
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Drifty \Drift"y\, a.       Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the       like.
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]:
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]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropt \Dropt\,       imp. & p. p. of {Drop}, v. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 \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-beat \Dry"-beat`\, v. t.       To beat severely. -- Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dryfoot \Dry"foot\, n.       The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.]       --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallhick \Wall"hick`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dryobates minor}). [Prov.       Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to       {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}.          Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at                the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike                bill with which they are able to drill holes in the                bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91]                upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed                partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under                {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the                ground in search of ants and other insects. The most                common European species are the greater spotted                woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted                woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or                yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species                are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the                ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}),                which is one of the largest known species, the                red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes                erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M.                Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker                ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates                villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the                three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the                golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap                suckers. See also {Carpintero}.          {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic             hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in             color.
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]:
Darby Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 18164)       Location: 39.89970 N, 75.27323 W       Population (1990): 10955 (3941 housing units)       Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Driftwood, PA (borough, FIPS 19976)       Location: 41.34323 N, 78.13539 W       Population (1990): 116 (89 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15832    Driftwood, TX       Zip code(s): 78619
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drop-outs n.   1. A variety of `power glitch' (see {glitch});    momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains.   2. Missing characters    in typed input due to software malfunction or system saturation (one    cause of such behavior under Unix when a bad connection to a modem    swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see    {screaming tty}).   3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing    those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple    of beats.   See {glitch}, {fried}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
derived class          (Or "subclass") In {object-oriented}       programming, a {class} that is derived from a {base class} by       {inheritance}.   The derived class contains all the features of       the base class, but may have new features added or redefine       existing features.          The synonym "subclass" is possibly confusing since the derived       class has a superset of the base class's features.          Compare {derived type}.          (2001-09-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
derived type          A {type} constructed from {primitive types} or       other derived types using a {type constructor function}.   This       term is usually applied to {procedural languages} such as {C}       or {Ada}.   C's derived types are the {array}, {function},       {pointer}, {structure}, and {union}.          Compare {derived class}.          (2001-09-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Draft Once ReUse Many          (DORUM) Reusing parts of a document to produce parts       of an entirely new document.   The term normally refers to text       documents but the practise is equally common in programming.          (1998-05-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drop-down list          {pull-down list}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drop-down menu          {pull-down menu}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drop-outs          1. A variety of "power glitch" (see {glitch}); momentary 0       voltage on the electrical mains.          2. Missing characters in typed input due to software       malfunction or system saturation (one cause of such behaviour       under {Unix} when a bad connection to a modem swamps the       processor with spurious character interrupts; see {screaming       tty}).          3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those       occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple       of beats.   See {glitch}, {fried}.          [{Jargon File}]          (2001-02-22)