DRINK, dringk, _v.t._ to swallow, as a liquid: to empty, as a glass, bowl,
&c.: to take in through the senses.--_v.i._ to swallow a liquid: to take
intoxicating liquors to excess:--_pr.p._ drink'ing; _pa.t._ drank; _pa.p._
drunk.--_n._ something to be drunk: intoxicating liquor.--_adj._
DRINK'ABLE.--_ns._ DRINK'ABLENESS; DRINK'ER, a tippler; DRINK'-HAIL, the
customary old English reply to a pledge in drinking (_wæs hail_, 'health or
good luck to you,' was answered with _drinc hail_, 'drink good health or
good luck'); DRINK'ING-BOUT; DRINK'ING-FOUNT'AIN; DRINK'ING-HORN;
DRINK'-MON'EY, a gratuity, ostensibly given to buy liquor for drinking to
the health of the giver; DRINK'-OFF'ERING, an offering of wine, oil, blood,
&c. to God or the gods.--DRINK HIMSELF DRUNK, to drink until he is drunk;
DRINK IN, to absorb rain, &c., as dry land does; DRINK OFF, to quaff wholly
and at a gulp; DRINK THE OTHERS UNDER THE TABLE, to continue drinking and
remain (comparatively) sober after the others have completely collapsed;
DRINK TO, DRINK TO THE HEALTH OF, to drink wine, &c., with good wishes for
one's health; DRINK UP, to exhaust by drinking.--IN DRINK,
intoxicated.--STRONG DRINK, alcoholic liquor. [A.S. _drincan_; Ger.
_trinken_.]
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DRIP, drip, _v.i._ to fall in drops: to let fall drops.--_v.t._ to let fall
in drops:--_pr.p._ drip'ping; _pa.p._ dripped.--_n._ a falling in drops:
that which falls in drops: the edge of a root.--_ns._ DRIP'PING, that which
falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting; DRIP'PING-PAN, a pan for
receiving the dripping from roasting meat; DRIP'-STONE, a projecting
moulding over doorways, &c., to throw off the rain.--RIGHT OF DRIP, right
in law to let the drip from one's roof fall on another's land. [A.S.
_dryppan_--_dréopan_.]
DRIVE, dr[=i]v, _v.t._ to force along: to hurry one on: to guide, as horses
drawing a carriage: to convey or carry in a carriage: to force in, as nails
with a hammer: to push briskly: to urge, as a point of argument, a bargain,
&c.: to compel: to send away with force, as a ball in cricket, golf,
tennis: to chase game towards sportsmen.--_v.i._ to press forward with
violence: to be forced along, as a ship before the wind: to go in a
carriage: to tend towards a point: to strike at with a sword, the fist,
&c.:--_pr.p._ dr[=i]v'ing; _pa.t._ dr[=o]ve; _pa.p._ driv'en.--_n._ an
excursion in a carriage: a road for driving on: the propelling of a ball in
cricket, &c.: the chasing of game towards the shooters, or the sport so
obtained, or the ground over which the game is driven: urgent pressure:
pushing the sale of a special article by reduction of prices.--_ns._
DRIV'ER, one who or that which drives, in all senses: a club used in golf
to propel the ball from the teeing-ground; DRIV'ING-BAND, the band or strap
which communicates motion from one machine, or part of a machine, to
another; DRIV'ING-SHAFT, a shaft from a driving-wheel communicating motion,
to machinery; DRIV'ING-WHEEL, a main wheel that communicates motion to
other wheels: one of the main wheels in a locomotive.--DRIVE FEATHERS,
DOWN, to separate the lighter from the heavier by exposing them to a
current of air.--DRIVE TO ONE'S WITS' END, to perplex utterly.--LET DRIVE,
to aim a blow. [A.S _drífan_, to drive; Ger. _treiben_, to push.]
DRIVEL, driv'l, _v.i._ to slaver like a child: to be foolish: to speak like
an idiot:--_pr.p._ driv'elling; _pa.p._ driv'elled.--_n._ slaver:
nonsense.--_n._ DRIV'ELLER, a fool. [M. E. _drevelen_, _dravelen_; related
to DRIBBLE.]
DRIVEL, driv'l, _n._ (_Spens._) a drudge. [Cf. Old Dut. _drevel_, a
scullion.]
DRIZZLE, driz'l, _v.i._ to rain in small drops.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to shed
in small drops.--_n._ a small, light rain.--_adj._ DRIZZ'LY. [Freq. of M.
E. _dresen_--A.S. _dreósan_, to fall; Norw. _drjosa_, Goth. _driusan_.]
DROGER, DROGHER, dr[=o]'ger, _n._ a West Indian coasting vessel, with long
masts and lateen sails.
DROGUE, dr[=o]g, _n._ the drag of boards, attached to the end of a
harpoon-line, checking the progress of a running whale.
DROGUET, dr[=o]-g[=a]', _n._ a ribbed woollen dress fabric, a variety of
rep. [Fr.]