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.) (Zool.) 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. -- Burke. -- Dron"ish*ly, adv. -- Dron"ish*ness, n.
Dronkelewe (a.) Given to drink; drunken. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Compare: Dodo
Dodo (n.; pl. Dodoes.) (Zool.) A large, extinct bird ({Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
Dronte (n.) [F.] (Zool.) 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.
Droopingly (adv.) In a drooping manner; "a branch hung low, droopingly".
Compare: Gutta
Gutta (n.; pl. Guttae.) [L.] A drop.
Gutta (n.) (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.
Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), Amaurosis.
Gutt[ae] band (Arch.), The listel or band from which the gutt[ae] hang.
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.
With minute drops from off the eaves. -- Milton.
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.
That drop of peace divine. -- Keble.
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.) (Arch.) Same as Gutta.
Drop (n.) (Arch.) Any small pendent ornament.
Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as:
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.) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
Drop (n.) pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
Drop (n.) (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Drop (n.) Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
Drop by drop, In small successive quantities; in repeated portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death." -- Burke.
Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4. (d) .
Drop forging. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.
Drop forging. (Mech.) (b) The process of making drop forgings.
Drop hammer (Mech.), A hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.
Drop kick (Football), A kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
Drop lake, A pigment obtained from Brazil wood. -- Mollett.
Drop letter, A letter to be delivered from the same office where posted.
Drop press (Mech.), A drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop.
Drop scene, A drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d).
Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.
Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.
Dropped (imp. & p. p.) of Drop.
Dropt () of Drop.
Dropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drop.
Drop (v. t.) To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. "The trees drop balsam." -- Creech.
The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. -- Sterne.
Drop (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
They suddenly drop't the pursuit. -- S. Sharp.
That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. -- Thackeray.
The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir W. Scott.
Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. --Tennyson.
Drop (v. t.) 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 (v. t.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
Drop (v. t.) To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
Drop (v. t.) To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
Drop (v. t.) To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. -- Milton.
To drop a vessel (Naut.), To leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.
Drop (v. i.) To fall in drops.
The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. -- Spenser.
Drop (v. i.) To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. -- H. Spencer.
When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. -- Bryant.
Drop (v. i.) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God. -- Ps. lxviii. 8.
Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death ; as, dropping like flies.
Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us. -- Digby.
Drop (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped. -- Pope.
Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. -- Steele.
Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. -- Spectator.
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. [R.]
Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. -- Collier.
Drop (v. i.) To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
To drop astern (Naut.), To go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head.
To drop down (Naut.), To sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea.
To drop off, To fall asleep gently; also, to die. [Colloq.]
Drop (n.) A shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: drop, bead, pearl].
Drop (n.) A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"-- Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet].
Drop (n.) A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall].
Drop (n.) A steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop, drop-off].
Drop (n.) A predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property).
Drop (n.) A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn: drop, fall].
Drop (n.) A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: drop curtain, drop cloth, drop].
Drop (n.) A central depository where things can be left or picked up.
Drop (n.) The act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful".
Drop (v.) Let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes".
Drop (v.) To fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets".
Drop (v.) Go down in value; "Stock prices dropped".
Drop (v.) Fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" [syn: sink, drop, drop down].
Drop (v.) Terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket".
Drop (v.) Utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names".
Drop (v.) Stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" [syn: drop, knock off].
Drop (v.) Leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge].
Drop (v.) Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down].
Drop (v.) Lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13".
Drop (v.) Pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop].
Drop (v.) Lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen].
Drop (v.) Hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing, drop].
Drop (v.) Stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send away, drop].
Drop (v.) Let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [syn: dribble, drip, drop].
Drop (v.) Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop].
Drop (v.) Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager".
Drop (v.) Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's".
Drop (v.) Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart].
Drop (v.) Change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon".
Drop (v.) Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop".
Drop (v.) Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate].
Drop (v.) Give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning".
Droplet (n.) A little drop; a tear. -- Shak.
Droplet (n.) A tiny drop.
Droplight (n.) An electric or gas light suspended from the ceiling by a flexible cord or tube, allowing artificial light to be brought down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant; also, an electric light bulb in a small holder, which can be held in the hand or hung from a hook, and attached to a long electric cord, allowing light to be brought close to work in dark areas of a room. Dropmeal
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. [Obs.]
Distilling dropmeal, A little at once. -- Holland.
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 , usually of glass or plastic with a narrow opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn: eye dropper.
Dropper (n.) (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
Dropper (n.) (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
Dropper (n.) Pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes" [syn: dropper, eye dropper].
Dropping (n.) The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.
Dropping (n.) pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals ; -- often used in the plural.
Dropping bottle, An instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel.
Dropping fire, A continued irregular discharge of firearms.
Dropping tube, A tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.
Dropping (a.) Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping, falling].
Droppingly (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. -- Shak.
Dropsies (n. pl. ) of Dropsy.
Dropsy (n.) (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. -- Dunglison.
Dropt () imp. & p. p. of Drop, v.