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nbr 167,n3t 163—tuba 171, tfib 172,bfill 173—Sll 299—pound 313 —fAin 466, this 4G9.
DRU DGE, drudje, s. One employed in meanlabour.
DRUDGER, drudje'ur, s. A mean labour-er ; the box out of which flour is thrown toroast meat.
DRUDGERY, drudje'ur-e, *. Mean labour,Ignoble toil. . y .
DRUDGING-BOX, drudje tng-b3ks,s. The
box out of which flour is sprinkled upon roastmeat.
DRUDGINGLY, drudje'lng-le, ad. Labo-riously, toilsomely.
DRUG, drug, s. An ingredient used in phy-sick, a medicinal simple; any thing withoutworth or value, any tiling for which no pur-chaser can be found.
*° DRUG, drug, v. a . To season with medi-eval ingredients; to tincture with somethingoffensive.
DRUGGET, drug'git, s. 99. A coarse kindof woollen cloth.
DRUGGIST, drug'glst, «. 382. One whosells physical drugs.
DRUGSTER, drug'stur, s. One who sellsphysical simples. This word is only used bythe vulgar.
DRUID , druid , s . The priests and philoso-phers ot the ancient Britons.
DRUM , drum, s . An instrument of mili-tary tuusick ; the tympanum of the ear.
To DRUM, drum, v. n. To beat a drum, tobeat a tune on a drum ; to beat with a pulsa-tory motion.
To DRUMBLE, drum'bl, v. n . 405. Todrone, to be sluggish. Obsolete.DRUMFISH,dr&m'f?sh,s. The name of a fish.DRUMMAJOR, drum-ma'jur, s. The chiefdrummer of a regiment.
DRUMMAKER, drum'ma-kur, 8. He whodeals in drums.
DRUMMER, drum'mur, s . He whose office
Js to beat the drum.
DRUMSTICK, drum'stlk, s. The stick with
Dt>tt C ^ a ^ rum beaten.
RUNK, drunk, s. Intoxicated with stronghquor, inebriated ; drenched or saturated with
Vo lsture
RUNKARD, drunk'urd, s. 88. One given
Di>°rT^ Cessiv(J use °f strong liquors.
“DNKEN, drun'kn, a. 103. Intoxicatede k • ^uor, inebriated ; given to habitualr 4 let y> saturated with moisture; done in aDrttx inebriation.
/■UNKENLY, drun'kn-le, ad. In a drunkenmanner.
RUNK.ENNESS, drun'kn-nes, s. Intoxica-te strong liquor; habitual ebriety ; in-, Xl cation or inebriation of any kind, a disor-DUY° f . th , e faculties.
with “ ri > “• A” 1 !? not wet > not moist;out i Ut ra * n ’ not auccu i ent > not juicy ; with->uien,K U n ’ thirst y. athirst; jejune, barren,T° DRv i ed ‘
to e -h ’ d r b a- a. To free from moisture;t 0 moisture ; to wipe away moisture;
To Riiv ? ith thirst; to drain, to exhaust,moistu ’ C * 1 *’ v ‘ n ‘ S row dry, to lose
’ d . r ' | or, s. 98. That which has theDuvi,'v'i"L !lhs 'i r , bin S moisture.ou , vi 'P, drnde, a. Without tears, with-weeping.
DRYLY, drile, ad. Without moisture,coldly,without affection; jejunely, barrenly.
DRYNESS, dri'nes, s. Want of moisture ;want of succulence; want of embellishment,want of pathos; want of sensibility in de-votion.
DRYNURSE, dri'nurse, s. A woman whobrings up and feeds a child without the breast;one who takes care of another.
To DRYNURSE, dri'nurse, c. a. To feedwithout the breast.
DRYSHOD, dri'shiid, a. Without wet feet,without treading above the shoes in the water.
DUAL, du'4l,a. Expressing the number two.
To DUB, dub, v. a. To make a man aknight; to confer any kind of dignity.
DUB, dub, s. A blow, a knock. Not in use.
DUBIOUS, du'bi-us, o. 542. Doubtful, notsettled in an opinion ; uncertain, that of whichthe truth is not fully known ; not plain, notclear.
DUBIOUSLY, du'be-us-li, ad. Uncertainly,without any determination.
DUBIOUSNESS, du'be-us-nes, s. Uncer-tainty, doubtfulness.
DUBITABLE, du'be-ta-bl, a. Doubtful,uncertain.
DUBITATION, du-be-ta shun, s. The actof doubting, doubt.
DUCAL, du'kfll, a. Pertaining to a duke.
DUCAT, duk'it, s . 90. A coin struck bydukes ; in silver valued at about four shillingsand sixpence, in cold at nine shillings andsixpence.
DUCK, duk, s. The water fowl, both wildand tame ; a word of endearment or fondness ;a declination of the head ; a stone thrownobliquely on the waters.
To DUCK, duk, v. n . To dive under wateras a duck ; to drop down the head as a duck;to bow low, to cringe.
To DUCK, duk, v. a. To put under water.
DUCKER, duk'ur, s. 98. A diver, a cringer.
DUCKING-STOOL, duk'kfag-st65l, s. Achair in which scolds are tied, and put underwater.
DUCK-LEGGED, duk'leg’d, a. 359. Short-legged.
DUCKLING, dueling, s. A young duck.
DUCKMEAT, duk'mete, s. A common plantgrowing in standing waters.
DUCKS-FOOT, duks'fut, s. Black snake-root, or May-apple.
DUCKWEED, duk'wede, s. Duckmeat.
DUCT, dukt, s. Guidance, direction ; a pas-sage through which any thing is conducted.
DUCTILE, duk'tll, a. 140. Flexible, plia-ble ; easy to be drawn out into a length ;tractable, obsequious, complying.
DUCTILENESS, duk'til-nes, s. Flexibility,ductility. ,
DUCTILITY, duk-til'e-te, s. Quality of suf-fering extension, flexibility ; obsequiousness,compliance. - „ . „ ,
DUDGEON, dudjun, s. 259. A small dag-ger ; malice, sullenness, ill-will.
DUE, du, a. Owed, that which one has aright to demand ; proper, fit, appropriate ,exact, without deviation.
DUE, du, ad. Exactly, directly, duly.
DUE, du, s. That which belongs to one,
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