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<hw>Driz"zle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fine rain or mist.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Drizzly</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Driz"zly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.</def> "Winter's <i>drizzly</i> reign."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Drock</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A water course.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Drofland, Dryfland</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw><hw>Drof"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dryf"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Drove</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Drogher</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Dro"gher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Drag</er>.]</ety> <def>A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; <as>as, a lumber <ex>drogher</ex></as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>droger</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Ham. Nar. Encyc.</i>

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<h1>Drogman, Drogoman</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw><hw>Drog"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Drog"o*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dragoman</er>.</def>

<h1>Drogue</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Drag</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>6</b>, and <i>Drag sail</i>, under <er>Drag</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Droh</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Draw</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Droil</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>druilen</ets> to mope.]</ety> <def>To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Droil</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>druil</ets> sluggard. Cf. <er>Droll</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A drudge</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mean labor; toil.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>