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2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

||Drach"me (?), n. [F.] See Drachma.

Dra"cin (?), n. [Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See Draconin.

||Dra"co (?), n. [L. See Dragon.] 1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.

3. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6.

Dra*co"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.

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.

Dra*con"ic (?), a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Dra*co"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. draconine. See Draco.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.

Dra*con"tic (?), a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (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.

Dra*con"tine (?), a. [L. draco dragon.] Belonging to a dragon. Southey.

||Dra*cun"cu*lus (?), n.; pl. Dracunculi (#). [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

Drad (?), p. p. & a. Dreaded. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drad"de (?), imp. of Dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dradge (?), n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.

Draff (drf), n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st Drab.] 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.

Draff"ish, a. Worthless; draffy. Bale.

Draff"y (?), a. Dreggy; waste; worthless.

The dregs and draffy part.

Beau. & Fl.