Part 3469

<hw>Dreg"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Drein</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drein</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To drain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Congreve.</i>

<h1>Dreinte, <wordforms>imp., Dreint</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drein"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <wordforms><tt>imp.</tt>, <hw>Dreint</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>,</wordforms> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Drench</er> to drown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dreissena</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dreis"se*na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after <ets>Dreyssen</ets>, a Belgian physician.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (<spn>D. polymorpha</spn>) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.</def>

<h1>Drench</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drench</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drenched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drenching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>drencan</ets> to give to drink, to drench, the causal of <ets>drincan</ets> to drink; akin to D. <ets>drenken</ets>, Sw. <ets>dr\'84nka</ets>, G. <ets>tr\'84nken</ets>. See <er>Drink</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.</def>

<blockquote>As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to <b>drench</b>," is "to make to drink." <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.</def>

<blockquote>Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already <b>drenched</b> the plain. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drench</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drench</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>drenc</ets>. See <er>Drench</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.</def> "A <i>drench</i> of wine."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>Give my roan horse a <b>drench</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drench</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drench</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dreng</ets> warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. <ets>drengr</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Drenche</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drench"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To drown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the sea he <b>drenched</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drencher</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drench"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, west or steeps.</def>