Part 3462

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><col>Dray cart</col>, <cd>a dray.</cd> -- <col>Dray horse</col>, <cd>a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drayage</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dray"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Use of a dray.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.</def>

<h1>Drayman</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dray"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Draymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who attends a dray.</def>

<h1>Drazel</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draz"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dross</er>, <er>Drossel</er>.]</ety> <def>A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as <er>Drossel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Dread</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dread</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dreaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dreading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>dr<?/dan</ets>, in comp.; akin to OS. <ets>dr\'bedan</ets>, OHG. <ets>tr\'betan</ets>, both only in comp.]</ety> <def>To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.</def>

<blockquote>When at length the moment <b>dreaded</b> through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dread</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dread</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be in dread, or great fear.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dread</b> not, neither be afraid of them. <i>Deut. i. 29.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dread</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dread</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.</def>

<blockquote>The secret <b>dread</b> of divine displeasure. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>dread</b> of something after death. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reverential or respectful fear; awe.</def>

<blockquote>The fear of you, and the <b>dread</b> of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. <i>Gen. ix. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the <b>dread</b> and fear of kings. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An object of terrified apprehension.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A person highly revered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Una, his dear <i>dread</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Fury; dreadfulness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>