Part 3452

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.</def>

<blockquote>People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out <b>drapery</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: <sd>(a)</sd> Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. <sd>(b)</sd> Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.</def>

<blockquote>Like one that wraps the <b>drapery</b> of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All the decent <b>drapery</b> of life is to be rudely torn off. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Casting of draperies</col>. <cd>See under <er>Casting</er>.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>The <b>casting of draperies</b> . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. <i>Fairholt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drapet</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dra"pet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>drap</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drastic</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dras"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to do, act: cf. F. <ets>drastique</ets>. See <er>Drama</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to <i>bland</i>; <as>as, <ex>drastic</ex> purgatives</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A violent purgative. See <er>Cathartic</er>.</def></def2>

<h1>Drasty</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Dras"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>d\'91rstan</ets>, <ets>dresten</ets>, dregs.]</ety> <def>Filthy; worthless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Drasty</i> ryming."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Draugh</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Draugh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Draft</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Draught</h1> <Xpage=451>

<hw>Draught</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same as <ets>draft</ets>, the spelling with <ets>gh</ets> indicating an older pronunciation. See <er>Draft</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Draw</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of drawing or pulling</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>A general custom of using oxen for all sort of <b>draught</b> would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The drawing of a bowstring</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She sent an arrow forth with mighty <b>draught</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish</def>.

<blockquote>Upon the <b>draught</b> of a pond, not one fish was left. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(d)</sd> <def>The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking</def>.