. Cowper.
To dream away, out, through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. " Why does Antony dream out his hours?" Dryden.
Dream"er (?), n. 1. One who dreams.
2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.
Dream"ful (?), a. Full of dreams. " Dreamful ease." Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv.
Dream"i*ly (?), adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow.
Dream"i*ness, n. The state of being dreamy.
Dream"ing*ly, adv. In a dreamy manner.
Dream"land` (?), n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.
[He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay.
Lowell.
Dream"less, a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv.
Dream"y (?), a. [Compar. Dreamier (?); superl. Dreamiest (?).] Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Tennyson.
Drear (drr), a. [See Dreary.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. "A drear and dying sound." Milton.
Drear, n. Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] Spenser.
{ Drear"i*head (-*hd), Drear"i*hood (-*hd), } n. Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Drear"i*ly, adv. Gloomily; dismally.
Drear"i*ment (?), n. Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.