Part 3473

<hw>Dretch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Drecche</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dreul</h1> <Xpage=454>

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

<h1>Drevil</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drev"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fool; a drudge. See <er>Drivel</er>.</def>

<h1>Drew</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Draw</er>.</def>

<h1>Drey</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A squirrel's nest. See <er>Dray</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dreye</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dreye</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dreynte, <wordforms>imp., Dreynt</h1> <Xpage=454>

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

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Drib</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dribbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dribbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Drip</er>.]</ety> <def>To do by little and little</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To cut off by a little at a time; to crop</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.</def>

<blockquote>He who drives their bargain <b>dribs</b> a part. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>To lead along step by step; to entice</def>.

<blockquote>With daily lies she <b>dribs</b> thee into cost. <i> Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drib</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <fld>(Archery)</fld> <def>To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Drib</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Dribber</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Drib"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>