Part 3440

<hw>Drach"me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Drachma</er>.</def>

<h1>Dracin</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra"cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dracine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Draconin</er>.</def>

<h1>Draco</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Dragon</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards. See <er>Dragon</er>, 6.</def>

<h1>Draconian</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra*co"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 <sc>b. c.</sc></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Draconian code</col>, &or; <col>Draconian laws</col></mcol>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Draconic</h1> <Xpage=450>

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

<h1>Draconin</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra*co"nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>draconine</ets>. See <er>Draco</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also <altname>dracin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dracontic</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra*con"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>draco</ets> dragon, in allusion to the terms <ets>dragon's head</ets> and <ets>dragon's tail</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See <cref>Dragon's head</cref>, under <er>Dragon</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Dracontic</i> month."

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Dracontine</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra*con"tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>draco</ets> dragon.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a dragon.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Dracunculus</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dra*cun"cu*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dracunculi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>draco</ets> dragon.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A fish; the dragonet</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The Guinea worm (<spn>Filaria medinensis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Drad</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Drad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Dreaded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dradde</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Drad"de</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Dread</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>