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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.</def>

<blockquote>The Murdstonian <b>drive</b> in business. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Ride</er>.</syn>

<h1>Drivebolt</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drive"bolt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.</def>

<h1>Drivel</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Driv"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Driveled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Drivelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Driveling</er> or <er>Drivelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>dravelen</ets>, <ets>drabelen</ets>, <ets>drevelen</ets>, <ets>drivelen</ets>, to slaver, and E. <ets>drabble</ets>. Cf. <er>Drool</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. <ets>drafa</ets> to talk thick.]</ety> <def>To be weak or foolish; to dote; <as>as, a <ex>driveling</ex> hero; <ex>driveling</ex> love.</as></def>

<i>Shak. Dryden.</i>

<h1>Drivel</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Driv"el</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A driveler; a fool; an idiot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A servant; a drudge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Driveler</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Driv"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>driveller</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Driven</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Driv"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Drive</er>. Also <i>adj</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Driven well</col>, <cd>a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also <altname>drive well</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drivepipe</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drive"pipe`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pipe for forcing into the earth.</def>