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DRIPPING-PAN, dr?p'lng-ptin, s. The panin which the fat of roast meat is caught.
To DRIVE, drive, v. a.; pret. Drove, an-ciently Drave ; part, pass. Driven, or Drove.To force along by impetuous pressure ; to ex-pel by force from any place; to force or urgein any direction ; to guide and regulate a car-riage ; to make animals march along underguidance ; to clear any place by forcing awaywhat is in it; to force, to compel; to carryon ; to drive out, to expel.
To DRIVE, drive, v. n. To go as impelledby any external agent; to rush with violence ;to pass in a carriage; to tend to, to consideras the scope and ultimate design ; to aim, tostrike at with fury.
To DRIVEL , drlv'vl, v, n. 102. To slaver,to let the spittle fall in drops; to be weak orfoolish, to dote.
DRIVEL , drlv'vl, s. Slaver, moisture shedfrom the mouth ; a fool, an ideot, a driveller.DRIVELLER, dilv'vl-Sr, s. A fool, anideot.
DRIVEN, drlvVn, 103. Participle of Drive.DRIVER, dri'vur, s. The person or instru-ment who gives any motion by violence ; onewho drives beasts ; one who drives a carriage.To DRIZZLE, drlz'zl, v, a. 405. To shed insmall slow drops.
To DRIZZLE, drlz'zl, v. n. To fall in short
slow drops.
DRIZZLY, driz'zl-e, a. Shedding small rain.DROLL, drile, s. 40G. One whose busi-ness is to raise mirth by petty tricks, a jester,a buffoon; a fajee, something exhibited toraise mirth.
& When this word Is used to ftignify a farce, It leprouounced so as to rhyme with doll, loll, &c. If thiswanted proof, we might quote Swift, who was tooscrupulous to rhyme it with extol, if it had not beenso pronounced:
*' Some as justly fame exlols.u l-’or lofty lines in SmithfleUl drolls.”DROLL, drole, a. Comic, farcical, merry.To DROLL, drole, V. n. To jest, to play thebuffoon.
DROLLERY , dr&'lur-Jt, s. Idle jokes ; buf-fonnery.
DROMEDARY , drume-dit-re, s. A sort ofcamel.
n I have in Ihe sound of the o in this word fol-lowed Mr. Nates rather than Mr. Sheridan, and Tthink with Ihe host usage on my side. 165.
DRONE , drone , s. The bee which makes nohoney ; a pipe of a bagpipe; a sluggard, anidler ; the fium, or instrument of humming.
To DRONE , drAne, r. n. To live in idleness.DRONISH, drcVnish, a . Idle, sluggish.
To DROOP, dr66p, v. n. To languish withsorrow ; to faint, to grow weak.
DROP, dr6p, s. A globule of moisture,as much liquor as falls at once where there isnot a continual stream ; diamond hanging intlie ear.
DROP-SERENE, dr6p-se-rene, s. A dis-ease of the eye.
To DROP, drip, v. a. To pour in drops orsingle globules; to let fall; to let go, to dis-miss from the hand, or the possession ; to utterslightly or casually ; to insert indirectly, or byway of digression; to intermit, to cease ; tolet go a dependant or companion ; to suffer to
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vanish, to come to nothing; to bedrop, tobespecklc, to variegate.
To DROP, driSp, v, n. To fall in dropsor single globules; to let drops fall; tofall, to come from a higher place ; to fall spon-taneously ; to fall in death, to die suddenly ito sink into silence, to vanish, to come to no-thing ; to come unexpectedly.
DROPPING, drop'plng, s. That which fallsin drops : that which drops when the conti-nuous stream ceases.
DROPLET, drdp'l£t, s. A little drop.DROPSTONE , drrtp'stone, s. Spar formedinto the shape of drops,.
DROPWORT, drdp'wurt, s. A plant.DROPSICAL, driSp'sfe-kaljrt. Diseased witha dropsy.
DROPSIED, driSp'sld, s. 282. Diseased witha dropsy.
DROPSY , dr6p's£, s. A collection of waterin the body.
DROSS, drds, s. The recrement or scum ofmetals; rust, incrustation upon metal ; refuse,leavings, sweepings, feculence, corruption.DROSSINESS, dr<is's£-n§s, s . Foulness,feculence, ru.st.
DROSSY, drds'se, a . Full of dross ; worth-less, fouJ, feculent.
DROVE, drove, s. A body or number ofcattle; a number of sheep driven; any col-lection of animals; a crowd, a tumult.DROVE, drove. Preterit of Drive.DHOVEN,dro vn. Part. a. from Drive. Notin use.
DROVER, dnVvur, s. One that fats oxenfor sale, and drives them to market.DROUGHT , drout, s, 313, 393. Dry wea-ther, want of rain ; thirst, want of drink.iCT This word is often pronounced as if writtendrouth , but improperly. When these abstracts take 8in their composition, and this g is preceded by avowel, the t does not precede the A, but follows it; a*weigh, weight ; Jhj,Jtight ; no, nought, &ic,
DROUGHTINESS, drou'te-ues, s. Tl» e
slate of wanting rain.
DROUGHTY , drou'te, a. Wanting rain,sultry ; thirsty, dry with thirst.
To DROWN, droun, v . a. 323. To suffocatein water ; to overwhelm in water; to overfi>^,to bury in an inundation ; to immerge.
To DROWN, droun, r. n. To be suffocatedby water.
To DROWSE, druuz, ». a. 323. To makeheavy with sleep.
To DROWSE, drouz, *>. n. To slumber, togrow heavy with sleep ; to look heavy, no*,cheerful. ,, . ,
DROWSILY, drouze-le, ad. Sleepily, hea-vily ; sluggishly, slothfully.
DROWSINESS, drbu'ze-nes, s. Sleepiness,heaviness with sleep.
DROWSIHEAD, drou'ze-hed, s. Sleepi-ness, inclination to sleep.
DIIOWSY, drou'zi, a. Sleepy , heavy withsleep, lethargick ; lulling, causing sleep ; s tu "pid, dull.
To DRUli, drub, v. a. To thresh, to beat, tobang. ’
DRUE, drub, *. A thump, a blowTo DRUDGE, driidje, v. u. To labour inmean ullices, to tuil without.honour ordigmtV*