English Dictionary: dray horse | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dray \Dray\, n. [AS. dr[91]ge a dragnet, fr. dragan. [?][?][?][?]. See {Draw}, and cf. 2d {Drag}, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. --Addison. 2. A kind of sledge or sled. --Halliwell. {Dray cart}, a dray. {Dray horse}, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dreary \Drear"y\, a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[a2]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[a2]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] [bd] Dreary shrieks.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. [bd] Dreary shades.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The dreary ground.[b8] --Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. --Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drearisome \Drear"i*some\, a. Very dreary. --Halliwell. |