Part 3438

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Dozzled</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Doz"zled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>Stupid; heavy.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Drab</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>drabbe</ets> dregs, lees; akin to D. <ets>drab</ets>, <ets>drabbe</ets>, dregs, G. <ets>treber</ets>; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. <ets>drabag</ets> a slattern, <ets>drabach</ets> slovenly. Cf. <er>Draff</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A low, sluttish woman.</def>

<i>King.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lewd wench; a strumpet.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.</def>

<h1>Drab</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drabbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drabbing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To associate with strumpets; to wench.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Drab</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>drap</ets> cloth: LL. <ets>drappus</ets>, <ets>trapus</ets>, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. <ets>draper</ets> to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. <ets>drepa</ets> to beat, strike, AS. <ets>drepan</ets>, G. <ets>treffen</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>drub</ets>. Cf. <er>Drape</er>, <er>Trappings</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also <altname>drabcloth</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.</def>

<h1>Drab</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a color between gray and brown.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A drab color.</def></def2>

<h1>Drabber</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who associates with drabs; a wencher.</def>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<h1>Drabbet</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab"bet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse linen fabric, or duck.</def>

<h1>Drabbish</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Drab"bish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat drab in color.</def>

<h1>Drabbish</h1> <Xpage=449>