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<hw>Drab"bish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the character of a drab or low wench.</def> "The <i>drabbish</i> sorceress."

<i>Drant.</i>

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<hw>Drab"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drabbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drabbling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<?/<?/<?/.See <er>Drab</er>, <er>Draff</er>.]</ety> <def>To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to <i>drabble</i> a gown or cloak.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Drab"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fish with a long line and rod; <as>as, to <ex>drabble</ex> for barbels</as>.</def>

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<hw>Drab"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.</def>

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<hw>Drab"ble-tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A draggle-tail; a slattern.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Dra*c\'91"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ she-dragon.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Drac\'91na Draco</i>, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.</note>

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<hw>Dra"canth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of gum; -- called also <altname>gum tragacanth</altname>, or <altname>tragacanth</altname>. See <er>Tragacanth</er>.</def>

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<hw>Drachm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Drachma</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A drachma.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Same as <er>Dram</er>.</def>

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<hw>Drach"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Drachmas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Drachm\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Dram</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.</def>

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