Drab, a. Of a color between gray and brown. -- n. A drab color.
Drab"ber (?), n. One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.
Drab"bet (?), n. A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
Drab"bish, a. Somewhat drab in color.
Drab"bish (?), a. Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The drabbish sorceress." Drant.
Drab"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbling (?).] [&?;&?;&?;.See Drab, Draff.] To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.
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Drab"ble (?), v. i. To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
Drab"bler (?), n. (Naut.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.
Drab"ble-tail` (?), n. A draggle- tail; a slattern. Halliwell.
||Dra*cæ"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; she-dragon.] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Dracæna Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.
Dra"canth (?), n. A kind of gum; - - called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Drachm (?), n. [See Drachma.] 1. A drachma.