Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 93
Dozen (n.) A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." -- Shak.
Dozen (n.) An indefinite small number. -- Milton.
A baker's dozen, Thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
Dozen (a.) Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen].
Dozen (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen].
Dozenth (a.) Twelfth. [R.]
Dozer (n.) One who dozes or drowses.
Dozer (n.) Large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground [syn: bulldozer, dozer].
Doziness (n.) The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Dozy (a.) Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. -- Dryden.
Dozy (a.) Half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: drowsy, drowsing(a), dozy].
Dozzled (a.) Stupid; heavy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Drab (n.) A low, sluttish woman. -- King.
Drab (n.) A lewd wench; a strumpet. -- Shak.
Drab (n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
Drabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Drab
Drabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drab
Drab (v. i.) To associate with strumpets; to wench. -- Beau. & Fl.
Drab (n.) A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
Drab (n.) A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
Drab (a.) Of a color between gray and brown.
Drab (n.) A drab color.
Drab (a.) Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties" [syn: drab, dreary].
Drab (a.) Lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre].
Drab (a.) Of a light brownish green color [syn: olive-drab, drab].
Drab (a.) Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary].
Drab (n.) A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown [syn: olive drab, drab].
Drabber (n.) One who associates with drabs; a wencher. -- Massinger.
Drabbet (n.) A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
Drabbish (a.) Somewhat drab in color.
Drabbish (a.) Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The drabbish sorceress." -- Drant.
Drabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Drabble
Drabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drabble
Drabble (v. t.) To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. -- Halliwell.
Drabble (v. i.) To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
Drabbler (n.) (Naut.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.
Drabble-tail (n.) A draggle-tail; a slattern. -- Halliwell.
Dracaena (n.) (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Note: Drac[ae]na Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.
Dracaena (n.) An agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage.
Dracanth (n.) A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Drachm (n.) A drachma.
Drachm (n.) Same as Dram.
Drachm (n.) A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachm, drachma].
Drachm (n.) A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters [syn: fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm, drachm].
Drachm (n.) A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce [syn: fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm, drachm].
Drachmas (n. pl. ) of Drachma
Drachmae (n. pl. ) of Drachma
Drachma (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
Drachma (n.) A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
Drachma (n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
Drachma (n.) A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachm, drachma].
Drachma (n.) Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece [syn: drachma, Greek drachma].
Drachme (n.) See Drachma.
Dracin (n.) (Chem.) See Draconin.
Draconin (n.) (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.
Draco (n.) (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.
Draco (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.
Draco (n.) (Zool.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6.
Draco (n.) Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
Draco (n.) A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco, Dragon].
Draco (n.) A reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards [syn: Draco, genus Draco].
DRACO, () DECT Radio Communications Controller (DECT, Hagenuk, University of Manchester)
Draco, () A blend of Pascal, C and ALGOL 68 developed by Chris Gray in 1987. It has been implemented for CP/M-80 and Amiga. (1994-11-04)
Draconian (a.) （古雅典立法者）德拉古的；（d-）嚴苛的；殘酷的 Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, A code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
Draconian punishment, Punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished.
Draconian (a.) Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws; "Draconian measures".
Draconian (a.) (Of laws or their application) Excessively harsh and severe.
‘The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws.’
Draconic (a.) Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Draconin (n.) (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.
Dracontic (a.) (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." -- Crabb.
Dracontine (a.) Belonging to a dragon. -- Southey.
Dracunculi (n. pl. ) of Dracunculus
Dracunculus (n.) (Zool.) A fish; the dragonet.
Dracunculus (n.) (Zool.) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis).
Dracunculus (n.) Tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum [syn: Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus].
Dracunculus (n.) Type genus of the family Dracunculidae [syn: Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus].
Drad (p. p. & a.) Dreaded.
Dradde (imp.) of Dread.
Dradge (n.) (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. -- Raymond.
Draff (n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. -- Shak.
The draff and offal of a bygone age. -- Buckle.
Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. -- Tennyson.
Draffish (a.) Worthless; draffy. -- Bale.
Draffy (a.) Dreggy; waste; worthless.
The dregs and draffy part. -- Beau. & Fl.
Draft (n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G. Goodrich.
Draft (n.) (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.
Draft (n.) An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. -- A. Hamilton.
Draft (n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. -- Simmonds.
Draft (n.) A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
Draft (n.) The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.
Draft (n.) (Masonry) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
Draft (n.) (Masonry) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter.
Draft (n.) (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Draff (n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
Draft (n.) A current of air. Same as Draught.
Draft (n.) A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
Draft (n.) The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
Draft (n.) A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
Draft (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse.
Draft (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both in approved use.
Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net,
Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.
Drafted (imp. & p. p.) of Draft
Drafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draft
Draft (v. t.) To draw the outline of; to delineate.
Draft (v. t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army? Radar: He was drafted. -- M*A*S*H (the movie).
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell.
Draft (v. t.) To transfer by draft.
All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
Draft (n.) A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another [syn: draft, bill of exchange, order of payment].
Draft (n.) A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) [syn: draft, draught].
Draft (n.) A preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: draft, rough drawing].
Draft (n.) A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" [syn: draft, draught, potation, tipple].
Draft (n.) Any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" [syn: draft, draft copy].
Draft (n.) The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) [syn: draft, draught].
Draft (n.) A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
Draft (n.) A dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: draft, draught].
Draft (n.) Compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster, draft, selective service].
Draft (n.) A large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, draught, swig].
Draft (n.) The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draft, draught, drawing].
Draft
(v.) Draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a
speech" [syn: draft, outline].
Draft
(v.) Engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, draft, muster in] [ant:
discharge, muster out].
Draft (v.) Make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft, draught].
Draftsman (n.) See Draughtsman.
Draftsman (n.) A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines [syn: draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson].
Draftsman (n.) An artist skilled at drawing [syn: draftsman, drawer].
Drag (n.) A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dragged (imp. & p. p.) of Drag
Dragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drag
Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. -- Denham.
The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. -- Tennyson.
A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. -- Pope.
Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. -- Tennyson.
Drag (v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden.
To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship.
Syn: See Draw.
Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun. -- Byron.
Long, open panegyric drags at best. -- Gay.
Drag (v. i.) To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. -- Russell.
Drag (v. i.) To fish with a dragnet.
Drag (n.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
Drag (n.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
Drag (n.) A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
Drag (n.) A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] -- Thackeray.
Drag (n.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
Drag (n.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).
Drag (n.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
Drag (n.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. -- J. D. Forbes.
Drag (n.) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." -- Hazlitt.
Drag (n.) (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.
Drag (n.) (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
Drag (n.) (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.
Drag sail (Naut.), A sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor, sea anchor, floating anchor, etc.
Drag twist (Mining), A spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.
Drag (n.) The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn: drag, retarding force].
Drag (n.) Something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land".
Drag (n.) Something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag".
Drag (n.) Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man); "he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag".
Drag (n.) A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull].
Drag (n.) The act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him".
Drag (v.) Pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him".
Drag (v.) Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag].
Drag (v.) Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in].
Drag (v.) Move slowly and as if with great effort.
Drag (v.) To lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" [syn: drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back].
Drag (v.) Suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw].
Drag (v.) Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen".
Drag (v.) Walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag].
Drag (v.) Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost [syn: dredge, drag].
Drag (v.) Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set".
Drag (v.) Proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" [syn: drag, drag on, drag out] drag and drop.
Drag
Dragging, ()
A common method for manipulating files (and sometimes text) under a graphical user interface or WIMP environment. The user moves the pointer over an icon representing a file and presses a mouse button. He holds the button down while moving the pointer (dragging the file) to another place, usually a directory viewer or an icon for some application program, and then releases the button (dropping the file). The meaning of this action can often be modified by holding certain keys on the keyboard at the same time.
Some systems also use this technique for objects other than files, e.g. portions of text in a word processor.
The biggest problem with drag and drop is does it mean "copy" or "move"? The answer to this question is not intuitively evident, and there is no consensus for which is the right answer. The same vendor even makes it move in some cases and copy in others. Not being sure whether an operation is copy or move will cause you to check very often, perhaps every time if you need to be certain. Mistakes can be costly. People make mistakes all the time with drag and drop. Human computer interaction studies show a higher failure rate for such operations, but also a higher "forgiveness rate" (users think "silly me") than failures with commands (users think "stupid machine"). Overall, drag and drop took some 40 times longer to do than single-key commands. [Erik Naggum ] (2007-06-15)
Dragantine (n.) A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth.
Dragbar (n.) Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U. S.]
Dragbolt (n.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling. [U. S.]