Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 100
Droll (v. t.) To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. -- L'Estrange.
Droll (v. t.) To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]
This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W. D. Howells.
Droll (a.) 滑稽的；離奇好笑的 Comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor."
Droller (n.) A jester; a droll. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Drolleries (n. pl. ) of Drollery.
Drollery (n.) The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." -- Macaulay.
Drollery (n.) Something which serves to raise mirth ; as:
Drollery (n.) (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Drollery (n.) (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. -- Evelyn.
Drollery (n.) A comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness].
Drollery (n.) A quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery].
Drollery (n.) A puppet show; also, a puppet.
Drollery (n.) A lively or comic picture.
Drollingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.
Drollish (a.) Somewhat droll. -- Sterne.
Drollist (n.) A droll. [R.] -- Glanvill.
Dromaeognathous (a.) (Zool.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.
Dromatherium (n.) (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.
Drome (n.) (Zool.) The crab plover ({Dromas ardeola), A peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Drome (n.) Short for A["e]rodrome. [Slang]
Drome (n.) An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo [syn: airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome].
Dromedaries (n. pl. ) of Dromedary.
Dromedary (n.) (Zool.) The Arabian camel ({Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
Note: In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See Deloul. Dromond
Dromedary (n.) One-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia [syn: Arabian camel, dromedary, Camelus dromedarius].
Dromedary, () (Isa. 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has two. It is distinguished from the camel only as a trained saddle-horse is distinguished from a cart-horse. It is remarkable for its speed (Jer. 2:23). Camels are frequently spoken of in partriarchal times (Gen. 12:16; 24:10; 30:43; 31:17, etc.). They were used for carrying burdens (Gen. 37:25; Judg. 6:5), and for riding (Gen. 24:64). The hair of the camel falls off of itself in spring, and is woven into coarse cloths and garments (Matt. 3:4). (See CAMEL.)
Dromond () Alt. of Dromon.
Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.
Drone (n.) (Zool.) 雄蜂；無人機，空拍機，無人駕駛飛機；無人駕駛艇；懶人，游手好閒者；【喻】寄生蟲 The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.
All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. -- Dryden.
Drone (n.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.
By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. -- Burton.
Drone (n.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.
Drone (n.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
The monotonous drone of the wheel. -- Longfellow.
Drone (n.) (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Drone.
Droning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drone.
Drone (v. i.) 嗡嗡作聲，混日子 To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. -- T. Gray.
Drone (v. i.) To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning kings." -- Dryden.
Drone (n.) 嗡嗡聲；低沉單調的聲音 [U] Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen.
Drone (n.) An unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning].
Drone (n.) Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke].
Drone (n.) An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control [syn: drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft].
Drone (n.) A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon].
Drone (v.) Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on."
Drone (v.) Talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on].
Drone (v. t.) 低沉單調地說 Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on."
Drone (v. t.) Talk in a monotonous voice [syn: {drone}, {drone on}].
Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis.
Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Drongos (n. pl. ) of Drongo
Drongo (n.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridae. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.
Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Dronkelewe (a.) Given to drink; drunken.
Dronte (n.) The dodo.
Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Drooled (imp. & p. p.) of Drool.
Drooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drool.
Drool (v. i.) (v. i.) 流口水；胡說 (v. t.) 從嘴淌下 To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
His mouth drooling with texts. -- T. Parker.
Drool (n.) Pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: {baloney}, {boloney}, {bilgewater}, {bosh}, {drool}, {humbug}, {taradiddle}, {tarradiddle}, {tommyrot}, {tosh}, {twaddle}].
Drool (n.) Saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: {drool}, {dribble}, {drivel}, {slobber}].
Drool (v.) Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated" [syn: {salivate}, {drool}].
Drool (v.) Let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel}, {drool}, {slabber}, {slaver}, {slobber}, {dribble}].
Drooped (imp. & p. p.) of Droop.
Drooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Droop.
Droop (v. i.) 低垂，下垂；（草木）枯萎；（人）衰頹；（精神）萎靡 To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. "The purple flowers droop." "Above her drooped a lamp." -- Tennyson.
I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. -- Swift.
Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.
I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. -- Addison.
Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." -- Tennyson.
Droop (v. t.) 使下垂 To let droop or sink. [R.] -- M. Arnold.
Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. -- Shak.
Droop (n.) A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
Droop (n.) A shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: {sag}, {droop}].
Droop (v.) Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: {sag}, {droop}, {swag}, {flag}].
Droop (v.) Hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: {droop}, {loll}].
Droop (v.) Become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: {wilt}, {droop}].
Drooper (n.) One who, or that which, droops.
Droopingly (adv.) In a drooping manner.
Drop (n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
Drop (n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
Drop (n.) Same as Gutta.
Drop (n.) Any small pendent ornament.
Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something
Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
Drop (n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
Drop (n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.
Drop (n.) A drop press or drop hammer.
Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
Drop (n.) Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
Drop (n.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
Drop (n.) Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
Dropped (imp. & p. p.) of Drop.
Dropt () of Drop.
Dropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drop.
Drop (n.) To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill.
Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
Drop (n.) To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
Drop (n.) To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
Drop (n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
Drop (n.) To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
Drop (n.) To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
Drop (n.) To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
Drop (v. i.) To fall in drops.
Drop (v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
Drop (v. i.) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
Drop (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
Drop (v. i.) To fall short of a mark.
Drop (v. i.) To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
Droplet (n.) A little drop; a tear.
Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Dropmeal (adv.) Alt. of Dropmele
Dropmele (adv.) By drops or small portions.
Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
Dropper (n.) A dropping tube.
Dropper (n.) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
Dropper (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
Dropping (n.) The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.
Dropping (n.) That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals.
Droppinly (adv.) In drops.
Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.
Dropsical (a.) Of or pertaining to dropsy.
Dropsicalness (n.) State of being dropsical.
Dropsied (a.) Diseased with drops.
Dropsies (n. pl. ) of Dropsy.
Dropsy (n.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Dropt () imp. & p. p. of Drop, v.