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   Dar al-harb
         n 1: areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
               [syn: {Dar al-harb}, {House of War}]

English Dictionary: drooler by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drawler
n
  1. someone who speaks with a drawl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drill rig
n
  1. rig used in drilling for oil or gas [syn: drill rig, drilling rig, oilrig, oil rig]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drill rod
n
  1. carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels [syn: {drill steel}, drill rod]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drollery
n
  1. a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]
  2. a quaint and amusing jest
    Synonym(s): drollery, waggery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drooler
n
  1. a person who dribbles; "that baby is a dribbler; he needs a bib"
    Synonym(s): dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Droller \Droll"er\, n.
      A jester; a droll. [Obs.] --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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