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<h1>Drollery</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droll"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Drolleries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>dr\'93lerie</ets>. See <er>Droll</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.</def>

<blockquote>The rich <b>drollery</b> of "She Stoops to Conquer." <i> Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something which serves to raise mirth</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A puppet show; also, a puppet</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shak</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A lively or comic picture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I bought an excellent <b>drollery</b>, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. <i> Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drollingly</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droll"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a jesting manner.</def>

<h1>Drollish</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droll"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat droll.</def>

<i> Sterne.</i>

<h1>Drollist</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Droll"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A droll.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Drom\'91ognathous</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Dro`m\'91*og"na*thous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>dromaius</ets> emu + Gr. <?/ jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.</def>

<h1>Dromatherium</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drom`a*the"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ running + <?/ beast. See <er>Dromedary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.</def>

<h1>Drome</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Gr. <?/ running. See <er>Dromedary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crab plover (<spn>Dromas ardeola</spn>), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.</def>

<h1>Dromedary</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw>Drom"e*da*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dromedaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>dromadaire</ets>, LL. <ets>dromedarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dromas</ets> (sc. <ets>camelus</ets>), fr. Gr. <?/ running, from <?/, used as aor. of <?/ to run; cf. Skr. <ets>dram</ets> to run.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Arabian camel (<spn>Camelus dromedarius</spn>), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the <i>Bactrian camel</i>, which has two humps.</def>

<note>&hand; In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See <er>Deloul</er>.</note>

<h1>Dromond, &or; Dromon</h1> <Xpage=456>

<hw><hw>Drom"ond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Drom"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[OF. <ets>dromont</ets>, L. <ets>dromo</ets>, fr. Gr.<?/ light vessel, prob. fr.<?/ to run. See <er>Dromedary</er>.]</ety> <def>In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.</def> <mark>[Hist. or Archaic]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<blockquote>The great <b>dromond</b> swinging from the quay. <i> W. Morris.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drone</h1> <Xpage=456>