Part 3467

<hw>Drear"i*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Very dreary.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dreary</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drear"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Drearier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Dreariest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dreori</ets>, <ets>dreri</ets>, AS. <ets>dre\'a2rig</ets>, sad; akin to G. <ets>traurig</ets>, and prob. to AS. <ets>dre\'a2san</ets> to fall, Goth. <ets>driusan</ets>. Cf. <er>Dross</er>, <er>Drear</er>, <er>Drizzle</er>, <er>Drowse</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Sorrowful; distressful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " <i>Dreary</i> shrieks."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.</def> " <i>Dreary</i> shades." <i>Dryden</i>. "The <i>dreary</i> ground."

<i>Prior.</i>

<blockquote>Full many a <b>dreary</b> anxious hour. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Johnson entered on his vocation in the most <b>dreary</b> part of that <b>dreary</b> interval which separated two ages of prosperity. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drecche</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drec"che</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dreccan</ets>, <ets>dreccean</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To vex; to torment; to trouble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As man that in his dream is <b>drecched</b> sore. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drecche</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drec"che</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Dredge</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dredge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dr\'8age</ets>, <ets>dreige</ets>, fish net, from a word akin to E. <ets>draw</ets>; cf. D. <ets>dreg</ets>, <ets>dregge</ets>, small anchor, <ets>dreg</ets>net dragnet. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Draw</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. <sd>(b)</sd> A dredging machine. <sd>(c)</sd> An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Dredge</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dredge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dredged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dredging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.</def>

<i>R. Carew.</i>

<cs><col>Dredging machine</col>, <cd>a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dredge</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dredge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dragge</ets>, F. <ets>drag\'82e</ets>, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. <ets>dragea</ets>, It. <ets>treggea</ets>; corrupted fr. LL. <ets>tragemata</ets>, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to gnaw.]</ety> <def>A mixture of oats and barley.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>