~Do-all~, _n._ Factotum, general manager.
~Do away~, ~1.~ Remove, take away.
~2.~ Destroy, overthrow.
~Dob-chick~, _n._ Didapper, dab-chick (_Podiceps minor_).
~Do by~, Treat, behave towards.
~Do without~, Dispense with.
~Docible~, _a._ Teachable, DOCILE.
~Docile~, _a._ Teachable, docile, docible, tractable, apt, easily
taught.
~Docility~, _n._ Teachableness, aptness, aptitude, readiness to learn.
~Dock~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curtail, clip, cut short.
~2.~ Shorten, lessen, deduct from.
~3.~ Put into a dock (_as a vessel_).
~Doctor~, _n._ ~1.~ Instructor, teacher.
~2.~ Adept, savant, learned man.
~3.~ Physician, medical practitioner.
~Doctress~, _n._ Female physician.
~Doctrine~, _n._ Dogma, tenet, opinion, precept, principle.
~Document~, _n._ Paper, writing.
~Dodge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Start aside, shift place suddenly.
~2.~ Shuffle, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play
fast and loose, be evasive.
~Dodge~, _v. a._ Evade (_by starting aside_).
~Dodge~, _n._ ~1.~ Starting aside.
~2.~ Evasion, artifice, trick, subterfuge, quibble, cavil.
~Dodo~, _n._ Dronte.
~Doe~, _n._ She-deer, female deer (_particularly of the fallow deer_).
~Doer~, _n._ Actor, operator, performer, agent, executor.
~Doff~, _v. a._ Put off, lay aside.
~Dog~, _n._ ~1.~ HOUND, BITCH, SLUT, PUP, PUPPY, CUB, WHELP.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fellow.
~3.~ Andiron, sadiron.
~Dog-days~, _n. pl._ Canicular days.
~Dogged~, _a._ ~1.~ Sullen, sour, morose churlish, growling, surly,
snarling, snappish.
~2.~ Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, inflexible, pertinacious,
unyielding, headstrong, intractable, impracticable, cantankerous,
perversely resolute.
~Doggish~, _a._ Snarling, snappish, growling, churlish, surly, sullen,
sour, morose, dogged.
~Dog-grass~, _n._ DOG'S-GRASS.
~Dogma~, _n._ Doctrine, tenet, opinion, principle, article of faith.
~Dogmatic~, _a._ ~1.~ Authoritative, oracular, formal, categorical,
magisterial.
~2.~ Positive, confident, peremptory.
~3.~ Arrogant, overbearing.
~Dogmatical~, _a._ ~1.~ Authoritative, oracular, formal, categorical,
magisterial.
~2.~ Positive, confident, peremptory.
~3.~ Arrogant, overbearing.
~Dogmatism~, _n._ Positiveness of opinion, arrogance of assertion.
~Dogmatist~, _n._ Authoritative teacher, arrogant asserter.
~Dogmatize~, _v. n._ Assert positively, speak with an air of
authority, express one's self arrogantly.
~Dog's-grass~, _n._ Knot-grass, quick-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass,
dog-wheat, dog-grass, witch-grass, quitch-grass, quickens (_Triticum
repens_).
~Dog-star~, _n._ Sirius, Canicula.
~Doings~, _n. pl._ Deeds, actions, acts, transactions.
~Dole~, _n._ ~1.~ Apportionment, allotment, distribution.
~2.~ Part, share, portion.
~3.~ Gift, gratuity, donation, pittance, alms.
~4.~ Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction.
~Doleful~, _a._ ~1.~ Sorrowful, rueful, woful, piteous, melancholy,
lugubrious, sad.
~2.~ Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolorous, dolesome.
~Dole out~, Distribute, divide, apportion, allot, assign, share, deal,
deal out.
~Dolesome~, _a._ Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolorous, doleful.
~Do-little~, _n._ Idler, sluggard, drone, laggard, lounger, trifler,
doodle, slow-back, inefficient person.
~Doll~, _n._ Puppet (_for a child_), baby.
~Dolorous~, _a._ ~1.~ Dismal, gloomy, cheerless, dark, dolesome.
~2.~ Sorrowful, sad, doleful, piteous, rueful, woful, lugubrious.
~Dolt~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Doltish~, _a._ Stupid, dull, foolish, blockish, simple, witless,
thick-skulled, buffle-headed.
~Domain~, _n._ ~1.~ Dominion, empire.
~2.~ Estate, lands, landed estate.
~Dome~, _n._ Cupola.
~Domestic~, _a._ ~1.~ Homely.
~2.~ Fond of home.
~3.~ Intestine, not foreign.
~4.~ Tame, domesticated, not wild.
~Domestic~, _n._ Servant, house-servant, HELP.
~Domestics~, _n. pl._ [_U. S._] Cotton goods.
~Domesticate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make domestic, accustom to keep at home.
~2.~ Tame, attach to the house.
~Domicile~, _n._ Habitation, dwelling, residence, abode, home,
mansion, place of abode, place of residence.
~Domicile~, _v. a._ Establish in a fixed residence.
~Domiciliate~, _v. a._ Establish in a fixed residence.
~Dominant~, _a._ Prevailing, ruling, predominant, predominating,
ascendant, in the ascendant.
~Dominate~, _v. n._ Prevail, predominate, have sway, be in the
ascendant.
~Domination~, _n._ Sway, ascendancy, rule, dominion, supremacy,
command, government, mastery.
~Domineer~, _v. n._ Rule (_tyrannically or haughtily_), tyrannize,
swell, swagger, bluster, bully, vapor, lord it, play the bully, take
the lead, rule the roast, ride a high horse, lay down the law, carry
it with a high hand.
~Dominican~, _n._ Predicant, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.
~Dominie~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Pedagogue, schoolmaster, teacher,
instructor.
~Dominion~, _n._ ~1.~ Sway, command, rule, government, supremacy,
domination, mastery, ascendancy, control, sovereignty, sovereign
authority.
~2.~ Territory, region, country.
~Don~, _v. a._ Put on, slip on, dress in.
~Donate~, _v. a._ [_Modern._] Give, contribute, bestow.
~Donation~, _n._ Gift, grant, largess, benefaction, boon, present,
offering, contribution, subscription, donative.
~Donative~, _n._ Gift, DONATION.
~Donator~, _n._ [L.] (_Law._) Donor, giver, bestower.
~Done~, _p._ ~1.~ Performed, executed, accomplished, achieved, effected.
~2.~ Completed, finished, concluded, ended, terminated.
~3.~ Transacted, carried on.
~4.~ Bestowed, conferred, vouchsafed, granted.
~5.~ Translated, rendered.
~Done for~, [_Low._] ~1.~ Spoiled, ruined.
~2.~ Disappointed, battled, thwarted.
~Donkey~, _n._ ~1.~ Ass, mule.
~2.~ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Donor~, _n._ Giver, bestower, disposer, DONATOR.
~Doodle~, _n._ Trifler, idler, silly fellow.
~Doodle-sack~, _n._ Scotch bagpipe.
~Doom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Condemn, sentence, pronounce sentence on.
~2.~ Destine, appoint, decree.
~Doom~, _n._ ~1.~ Sentence, judgment, condemnation, judicial decree.
~2.~ Fate, destiny, lot.
~Doomsday~, _n._ Day of judgment, the crack of doom.
~Do one's best~, Do all one can, do the best one is capable of, leave
no stone unturned.
~Door~, _n._ ~1.~ Entrance.
~2.~ Passage, avenue, means of access, means of approach.
~3.~ [_Familiarly._] House.
~Doorkeeper~, _n._ Porter, CONCIÈRGE.
~Dor~, _n._ Cockchafer, dor-bug, dor-beetle, tree-beetle, dummador,
May-bug (_Melontha vulgaris_).
~Doree~, _n._ (_Ich._) John-dory, common dory (_Zeus faber_).
~Dormant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sleeping, quiescent, at rest.
~2.~ Latent, unexerted, suspended, inert, inactive.
~Dormant partner~, Sleeping partner, silent partner.
~Dormer~, _n._ [Written also _Dormar_.] Luthern, dormer-window.
~Dormer-window~, _n._ Dormer, luthern.
~Dormitory~, _n._ Chamber, bed-room, sleeping-room, place to sleep in.
~Dorsal~, _a._ On the back.
~Dory~, _n._ (_Ich._) DOREE.
~Dose~, _n._ ~1.~ Prescribed portion (_of medicine_), drench, draught.
~2.~ Sufficient quantity.
~Dose~, _v. a._ Administer a dose to, give doses to.
~Dot~, _n._ Point, period.
~Dot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark with dots.
~2.~ Variegate, diversify.
~Dotage~, _n._ Imbecility, senility, second childhood.
~Dotard~, _n._ Driveller, imbecile.
~Dote~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Drivel, be imbecile, be foolish.
~2.~ Be over-fond, be foolishly fond.
~Dote on or upon~, Love very fondly, love excessively, be foolishly
fond of.
~Do the honors~, Bestow honor (_as on a guest_), show civilities.
~Double~, _a._ ~1.~ Coupled, in pairs.
~2.~ Twice as much.
~3.~ Twofold.
~4.~ Deceitful, dishonest, knavish, false, perfidious, hollow,
insincere, double-faced, double-tongued.
~Double~, _ad._ Twice, doubly, twofold.
~Double~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fold, plait.
~2.~ Duplicate, multiply by two, make twice as much.
~3.~ (_Naut._). Sail round.
~Double~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Increase twofold, be doubled.
~2.~ Return upon the same track.
~Double~, _n._ ~1.~ Twice as much.
~2.~ Doubling, plait, fold.
~3.~ Returning upon one's track (_to elude pursuit_).
~4.~ Trick, stratagem, ruse, shift, artifice, wile, manœuvre.
~5.~ Counterpart.
~Double-dealer~, _n._ Deceiver, cheat, trickster, tricker.
~Double-dealing~, _n._ Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, hypocrisy,
artifice, deception, fraud, dishonesty, trickery, Machiavelism.
~Double entente~, [Fr.] Pun (_referring to something indelicate_),
clinch, quibble, CALEMBOUR, play upon words.
~Double-faced~, _a._ Hypocritical, deceitful, knavish, dishonest,
false, perfidious, double.
~Double-headed~, _a._ Bicipital, with two heads.
~Double-hearted~, _a._ Deceitful, treacherous, false-hearted.
~Double-minded~, _a._ Unsettled, undetermined, changeable, fickle,
vacillating, wavering.
~Doublet~, _n._ ~1.~ Pair, couple, two (_of the same kind_).
~2.~ Waistcoat, vest.
~Double upon~, (_Mil._) Enclose between two fires.
~Doubling~, _n._ ~1.~ Fold, plait.
~2.~ Artifice, trick, shift, stratagem.
~Doubly~, _ad._ Twice, double.
~Doubt~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hesitate, waver, be doubtful, be in suspense, be
undetermined, entertain doubts, be in a state of uncertainty, not know
what to think.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Suspect, fancy, apprehend.
~Doubt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Question, hesitate to believe, consider
questionable, have doubts about.
~2.~ Distrust, suspect, not confide in.
~Doubt~, _n._ ~1.~ Indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution,
uncertainty, suspense, misgiving.
~2.~ Suspicion, distrust, mistrust.
~Doubtful~, _a._ ~1.~ Wavering, undecided, hesitating, undetermined,
in suspense.
~2.~ Ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, obscure, enigmatical, problematical.
~3.~ Indeterminate, undecided, uncertain, questionable.
~Douceur~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Gentleness, mildness, kindness, pleasant
manner.
~2.~ Present or gift (_especially one intended as a bribe_), bribe,
lure.
~Doughface~, _n._ [_U. S._] Pliable politician, nose of wax.
~Doughfaced~, _a._ [_U. S._] Pliable, weak, pusillanimous, easily
influenced, without any backbone.
~Doughty~, _a._ Brave, courageous, bold, fearless, dauntless, valiant,
valorous, gallant, intrepid, adventurous, chivalrous, heroic.
~Doura~, _n._ Indian millet, Guinea corn, negro-corn (_Sorghum
vulgare_).
~Douse~, _v. a._ Plunge, immerse, submerge, dip, souse, put under
water (_or other liquid_).
~Dove-cot~, n. Columbary, pigeon-house.
~Dowdy~, a. Slovenly (_in dress_), ill-dressed (_applied to women_).
~Dower~, _n._ ~1.~ Endowment, gift.
~2.~ Dowry.
~3.~ (_Law._) Widow's portion (of real estate).
~Down~, prep. ~1.~ From the top to the bottom of.
~2.~ Along the course of.
~Down~, _ad._ ~1.~ Downward, in a descending course, from a high to a
low position.
~2.~ On the ground, the floor, &c.
~3.~ From a thin to a dense state, into a denser consistence.
~Down in the mouth~, [_Colloquial._] Dejected, DOWNCAST.
~Downcast~, _a._ Sad, MELANCHOLY, dejected, dispirited, disheartened,
despondent, discouraged, depressed, cast down, down-hearted, crest-
fallen, chap-fallen, DOWN IN THE MOUTH.
~Downfall~, _n._ Ruin, destruction, fall.
~Down-hearted~, _a._ Dejected, downcast.
~Downright~, _a._ ~1.~ Plain, simple, explicit, clear, undisguised,
positive, absolute.
~2.~ Honest, sincere, artless, ingenuous, frank, open, above-board.
~Downward~, _ad._ Down, in a descending course.
~Downwards~, _ad._ Down, in a descending course.
~Down with~, (_Imperatively._) ~1.~ Raze, overturn, take down, throw
down.
~2.~ Put down, lay down.
~Dowry~, _n._ Dower.
~Doxy~, _n._ ~1.~ Mistress, sweetheart, paramour, flame.
~2.~ Prostitute, courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, drab, street-
walker, Cyprian, night-walker, punk, woman of the town.
~Doze~, _v. n._ Slumber, drowse, nap, sleep lightly, be half asleep,
be drowsy.
~Doze away~, Pass drowsily, spend in drowsiness, sleep through, doze
out.
~Doze out~, DOZE AWAY.
~Dozen~, _a._ Twelve.
~Dozy~, _a._ Sleepy, drowsy, heavy, sluggish.
~Drab~, _n._ ~1.~ Strumpet, courtesan, DOXY.
~2.~ Slut, draggle-tail, low woman.
~Drab~, _a._ Dun, dull brown.
~Drabble~, _v. a._ Draggle, trail, daggle, befoul, bemire.
~Draff~, _n._ Refuse, lees, dregs, sediment, scum, rubbish, stuff,
waste or worthless matter.
~Draft~, _n._ ~1.~ Drawing, selection.
~2.~ Bill of exchange.
~3.~ [Written also _Draught_.] Outline, delineation, rough sketch,
rough copy.
~Draft~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Detach, select.
~2.~ Make an outline of, make a draft of, make a rough sketch of.
~Drag~, _v. a._ Draw, pull, haul, tug.
~Drag~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Trail, be drawn along.
~2.~ Linger, move slowly, make slow progress.
~Draggle~, _v. a._ Trail, daggle, drabble, befoul, bemire.
~Draggle-tail~, _n._ Slut, DRAB.
~Dragoman~, _n._ Interpreter (_in Turkey and the East_).
~Dragoon~, _n._ Horse-soldier, CHASSEUR, cavalier, equestrian, mounted
soldier.
~Dragoon~, _v. a._ Compel, force, drive.
~Drain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw off.
~2.~ Empty, exhaust.
~3.~ Make dry, clear of water or moisture.
~Drain~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flow off.
~2.~ Become dry.
~Drain~, _n._ Sewer, channel, trench, water-course.
~Drake~, _n._ Male duck.
~Drama~, _n._ ~1.~ Dramatic composition.
~2.~ Dramatic literature.
~Dramatis personæ~, [L.] Characters of a play, interlocutors in a drama.
~Drape~, _v. a._ Cover with drapery.
~Drapery~, _n._ Hangings, tapestry.
~Drastic~, _a._ (_Med._) Powerful (_as a purgative_), active,
efficacious.
~Drastics~, _n. pl._ (_Med._) Powerful or active purgatives.
~Draught~, _n._ ~1.~ Drawing, pulling.
~2.~ Potion, cup, dose, drench.
~3.~ Current of air.
~4.~ [Written also _Draft_.] Sketch, outline, delineation, design,
rough sketch, rough copy.
~Draughts~, _n. pl._ Checkers.
~Draw~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pull, drag, haul, tug, pull along.
~2.~ Attract, bring towards, pull towards.
~3.~ Suck, drain, suck dry.
~4.~ Inhale, inspire, breathe in, take into the lungs.
~5.~ Extract, take out, draw out.
~6.~ Induce, move, lead, allure, entice, engage, persuade, influence.
~7.~ Produce, bring, bear.
~8.~ Extend, protract, stretch, lengthen out.
~9.~ Describe, delineate, sketch, depict, trace, trace out.
~10.~ Deduce, derive, infer.
~11.~ Extort, force out.
~12.~ Compose, write, prepare, draw up.
~13.~ Gain, win.
~Draw up~, ~1.~ Compose, write, prepare, frame, draw.
~2.~ Array, marshal, form in order.
~Draw~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pull.
~2.~ Move, come, go, proceed.
~3.~ Sketch, practise drawing, or the art of delineation.
~4.~ Produce inflammation.
~5.~ Request payment by draft, make a draft.
~Draw back~, Retire, withdraw, retreat.
~Draw nigh~, Approach, come near.
~Draw near~, Approach, come near.
~Draw on~, Approach, advance.
~Drawback~, _n._ ~1.~ Disadvantage, detriment, injury, damage,
faultiness, imperfection, deficiency.
~2.~ Discount, allowance, deduction, reduction, rebate, abatement.
~Drawcansir~, _n._ Braggadocio, blusterer, bully, swaggerer, braggart,
BLATHERSKITE.
~Drawing~, _n._ ~1.~ Art of delineation.
~2.~ Delineation, sketch, picture, plan, outline, draught.
~Drawing-knife~, _n._ Shave.
~Draw in one's horns~, [_Colloquial._] Repress one's ardor, restrain
one's pride, cease boasting, pull in one's horns.
~Dread,~ _n._ ~1.~ Fear, apprehension.
~2.~ Awe.
~Dread~, _a._ ~1.~ Frightful, terrible, horrible, dreadful.
~2.~ Venerable, awful.
~Dread~, _v. a._ Fear greatly.
~Dreadful~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrible, horrible, horrid, direful, dire,
fearful, frightful, terrific, awful, tremendous.
~2.~ Venerable, awful.
~Dream~, _n._ ~1.~ Sleeping vision.
~2.~ Reverie, fancy, fantasy, conceit, idle fancy, day-dream.
~Dream~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have visions in sleep.
~2.~ Think, imagine, fancy, have a notion.
~3.~ Give a loose rein to the fancy, give the reins to the
imagination, indulge in reverie, build castles in the air.
~Dream away~, Spend idly, pass in reverie.
~Dreamer~, _n._ Visionary, enthusiast, castle-builder.
~Drear~, _a._ Gloomy, DREARY.
~Dreary~, _a._ Gloomy, cheerless, comfortless, dismal, dark, drear.
~Dredge-box~, _n._ Dredging-box, flour-dredge.
~Dreggy~, _a._ Muddy, turbid, dirty, feculent, foul.
~Dregs~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Sediment, lees, grounds, feculence.
~2.~ Dross, scum, refuse.
~Drench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly.
~2.~ Physic, purge.
~Drenching~, _n._ Soaking, wetting, ducking.
~Dress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Align, make straight.
~2.~ Adjust, arrange, dispose, set or put in order.
~3.~ Prepare, fit, make suitable or fit, get ready, make ready.
~4.~ Clothe, array, attire, apparel, accoutre, robe, rig, trick out.
~5.~ Adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, trim, set out, set off.
~Dress~, _v. n._ Be clothed, make one's toilet.
~Dress~, _n._ ~1.~ Clothes, clothing, raiment, garments, garb, habit,
apparel, attire, habiliment, vesture, suit, costume.
~2.~ Array, fine clothes, rich garments, elegant attire.
~3.~ Lady's gown.
~Dress-coat~, _n._ Body-coat.
~Dressing~, _n._ ~1.~ Preparing, putting in order.
~2.~ Manure, fertilizer, compost.
~3.~ Force-meat, stuffing.
~Dressy~, _a._ Showy, flashy, gaudy, fond of dress.
~Drib~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crop, lop, cut off, lop off.
~2.~ Entice, allure, decoy, coax, tweedle.
~Dribble~, _v. n._ Drip, trickle, fall in drops.
~Driblet~, _n._ Fragment, small portion.
~Drier~, _n._ Desiccative.
~Drift~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, bearing, direction.
~2.~ Aim, purpose, intention, intent, proposal, design, scope,
tendency, object, mark.
~3.~ (_Geol._) Diluvium, diluvial formations.
~4.~ (_Mining._) Passage (_under ground, between shafts_).
~Drift~, _v. a._ Drive into heaps.
~Drift~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Float, be wafted.
~2.~ Accumulate in heaps, be driven into heaps.
~Driftless~, _a._ Aimless, purposeless, without an object.
~Drill~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, perforate, bore.
~2.~ Instruct, exercise, teach, train.
~Drink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ GUZZLE.
~2.~ Take a drink (_of spirituous liquor_), TAKE A HORN, LIQUOR UP,
SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE, WET ONE'S WHISTLE.
~3.~ Tipple, tope, be a drunkard, be a toper, be intemperate (_in the
use of spirituous liquors_), be of intemperate habits, take a drop too
much.
~4.~ Carouse, revel, indulge in a drinking-bout.
~Drink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Swallow, QUAFF, SIP, SUP, GUZZLE, SWILL, SWIG.
~2.~ Imbibe, absorb, suck in.
~Drink~, _n._ Beverage, potion.
~Drinkable~, _a._ Potable, that may be drunk.
~Drinking~, _n._ Tippling, toping, intemperate habits.
~Drinking-bout~, _n._ Carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, SPREE,
jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail,
orgies.
~Drink to~, Pledge, toast, drink in honor of, drink the health of.
~Drip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dribble, trickle, fall in drops.
~2.~ Have drops falling from.
~Drip~, _v. a._ Let fall in drops.
~Drive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impel.
~2.~ Hurl, send, propel.
~3.~ Force, oblige, coerce, compel.
~4.~ Press, urge.
~5.~ Prosecute, carry on.
~6.~ Guide (_by reins_).
~7.~ Take in a carriage, carry on a drive.
~Drive away~, Expel, disperse, scatter, dispel, drive off.
~Drive back~, Repel, repulse.
~Drive off~, Expel, drive away.
~Drive out~, Expel, reject, eject, cast out, turn out.
~Drive~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be forced along, be impelled, be urged forward.
~2.~ Rush, go furiously.
~3.~ Ride in a carriage.
~4.~ (_Naut._) Scud, drift.
~Drive at~, Intend, purpose, aim at, tend to, be after, aspire at,
aspire after, endeavor after.
~Drive~, _n._ Airing, ride.
~Drivel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slaver, slobber, drool.
~2.~ Dote, be imbecile, be foolish.
~Drivel~, _n._ ~1.~ Slaver, drivelling.
~2.~ Nonsense, balderdash, stuff, foolish talk.
~Driveller~, _n._ [Written also _Driveler_.] Slaverer, fool,
simpleton, idiot, dotard.
~Drivelling~, _n._ [Written also _Driveling_.] ~1.~ Slaver.
~2.~ Foolishness, folly, idiocy.
~Drizzle~, _v. n._ Rain (_in small drops_), mizzle.
~Droll~, _n._ ~1.~ Jester (_by profession_), buffoon, harlequin,
mountebank, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, jack-
pudding, merry Andrew, pickle-herring.
~2.~ Farce, comic show.
~Droll~, _a._ ~1.~ Comic, comical, funny, ludicrous, farcical,
laughable, ridiculous.
~2.~ Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.
~Drollery~, _n._ Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery,
buffoonery, comicality.
~Drone~, _n._ ~1.~ Male honey-bee.
~2.~ Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow.
~3.~ Humming, humming noise.
~Drone~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lounge, dawdle, waste time in trifles, live in
idleness.
~2.~ Make a dull, humming sound.
~Drone~, _v. a._ Read monotonously.
~Dronish~, _a._ Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive.
~Dronte~, _n._ Dodo.
~Drool~, _v. n._ Slaver, drivel, drop saliva.
~Droop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wilt, wither, fade.
~2.~ Languish, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.
~Drop~, _n._ ~1.~ Globule.
~2.~ Ear-ring.
~Drop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lower, sink, depress, let down, let fall, let go.
~2.~ Leave, quit, forsake, desert, relinquish, abandon, forswear, give
up, give over.
~3.~ Discontinue, intermit, remit, cease, desist from, break off,
leave off, lay aside.
~4.~ Bedrop, spot, speckle, variegate.
~Drop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Distil, fall in drops.
~2.~ Fall suddenly.
~3.~ Cease, come to an end, come to nothing.
~Drop astern~, (_Naut._) Move back.
~Drop down~, (_Naut._) Move toward the sea.
~Drop in~, Call, happen in.
~Drop serene~, Amaurosis, GUTTA SERENA.
~Dross~,_ n._ ~1.~ Scum, recrement, scoria.
~2.~ Refuse, waste matter.
~Drought~, _n._ Dryness (_of weather_), aridity, drouth, want of rain.
~Drouth~, _n._ DROUGHT.
~Drove~, _n._ ~1.~ Herd, flock.
~2.~ Crowd, collection.
~Drown~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kill by immersing.
~2.~ Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.
~3.~ Overcome, overpower.
~Drown~, _v. n._ Be drowned.
~Drowse~, _v. n._ Slumber, doze, nap, be half asleep.
~Drowsy~, _a._ ~1.~ Sleepy, dozy.
~2.~ Lethargic, comatose, stupid.
~3.~ Soporific, lulling.
~Drub~, _v. a._ Beat, thrash, cudgel, cane.
~Drubbing~, _n._ Beating, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, caning,
pounding, flagellation.
~Drudge~, _v. n._ Slave, toil, plod, work hard.
~Drudge~, _n._ Slave, menial, scullion, hack, fag, hard-worker.
~Drudgery~, _n._ Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor.
~Drug~, _n._ ~1.~ Medicine, physic, remedy.
~2.~ Unsalable article.
~Drum~, _n._ (_Anat._) Tympanum.
~Drunk~, _a._ Intoxicated, tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised,
maudlin, drunken, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups,
half seas over.
~Drunkard~, _n._ Toper, tippler, sot, carouser, reveller, bacchanal,
bacchanalian.
~Drunken~, _a._ ~1.~ Intoxicated, drunk.
~2.~ Sottish, given to intoxication.
~Drunkenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Intoxication, inebriety, ebriety.
~2.~ Sottishness.
~Drupe~, _n._ Stone-fruit.
~Dry~, _a._ ~1.~ Arid, not wet, not moist.
~2.~ Thirsty, craving drink.
~3.~ Uninteresting, barren, dull, jejune, meagre, tame, vapid,
unembellished, plain.
~4.~ Sarcastic, severe, sly, keen, sharp.
~Dry~, _v. a._ Desiccate, exsiccate, free from moisture, make dry.
~Dry~, _v. n._ Become dry, lose moisture.
~Dryad~, _n._ Wood-nymph.
~Dry goods~, Textile fabrics (_as distinguished from groceries_).
~Dry-rot~, _n._ Sap-rot, POWDER-POST.
~Dualism~, _n._ Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (_good
and evil_).
~Dub~, _v. a._ Name, style, term, denominate, designate, call,
entitle, christen.
~Dubiety~, _n._ [_Rare._] Doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty.
~Dubious~, _a._ Uncertain, doubtful, equivocal, ambiguous, not plain,
not clear.
~Duck~, _v. a._ Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.
~Duck~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one's self.
~2.~ Bow, cringe.
~Duck-bill~, _n._ Ornithorhynchus, platypus, mullangong, tambreet,
water-mole.