English Dictionary: drooler | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Railleur \[d8]Rail`leur"\, n. [F.] A banterer; a jester; a mocker. [R.] --Wycherley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Tirailleur \[d8]Ti`rail`leur"\, n. [F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow. {Drill barrow}, a wheeled implement for planting seed in drills. {Drill bow}, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn. {Drill harrow}, a harrow used for stirring the ground between rows, or drills. {Drill plow}, [or] {Drill plough}, a sort plow for sowing grain in drills. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Harrow \Har"row\ (h[acr]r"r[osl]), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. [root]16.] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown. 2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. {Bush harrow}, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. {Drill harrow}. See under 6th {Drill}. {Under the harrow}, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Driller \Drill"er\, n. One who, or that which, drills. | |
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Droller \Droll"er\, n. A jester; a droll. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Droll \Droll\, a. [Compar. {Droller}; superl. {Drollest}.] [F. dr[93]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr[94]ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. {Trull}.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- {Droll}, {Laughable}, {Comical}. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. {Drolleries}. [F. dr[93]lerie. See {Droll}.] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of [bd]She Stoops to Conquer.[b8] -- Macaulay. 2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. -- Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. {Drolleries}. [F. dr[93]lerie. See {Droll}.] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of [bd]She Stoops to Conquer.[b8] -- Macaulay. 2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. -- Evelyn. |