Part 3466

<hw>Dream"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.</def>

<blockquote> builds a bridge from <b>dreamland</b> for his lay. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dreamless</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dream"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from, or without, dreams.</def> <i>Camden</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Dream"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dreamy</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dream"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Dreamier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Dreamiest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary.</def> "The <i>dreamy</i> dells."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Drear</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dreary</er>.]</ety> <def>Dismal; gloomy with solitude.</def> "A <i>drear</i> and dying sound."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Drear</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sadness; dismalness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drearihead, Drearihood</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw><hw>Drear"i*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Drear"i*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Affliction; dreariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drearily</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear"i*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Gloomily; dismally.</def>

<h1>Dreariment</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dreariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dreariness</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sorrow; wretchedness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dismalness; gloomy solitude.</def>

<h1>Drearing</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sorrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drearisome</h1> <Xpage=453>