Part 3499

<i>Atterbury.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.</syn>

<h1>Drowth</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drowth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Drought</er>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Droyle</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Droyle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Droil</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Drub</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drubbed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drubbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>drab</ets> to beat, Icel. & Sw. <ets>drabba</ets> to hit, beat, Dan. <ets>dr\'91be</ets> to slay, and perh. OE. <ets>drepen</ets> to strike, kill, AS. <ets>drepan</ets> to strike, G. & D. <ets>freffen</ets> to hit, touch, Icel. <ets>drepa</ets> to strike, kill.]</ety> <def>To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.</def>

<blockquote>Soundly <b>Drubbed</b> with a good honest cudgel. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drub</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drub</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A blow with a cudgel; a thump.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Drubber</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drub"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who drubs.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Drudge</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drudge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drudged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drudging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>druggen</ets>; prob not akin to E. <ets>drag</ets>, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. <ets>drugaire</ets> a slave or drudge.]</ety> <def>To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.</def>

<blockquote>He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he <b>drudged</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drudge</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drudge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To consume laboriously; -- with <i>away</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Rise to our toils and <b>drudge</b> away the day. <i>Otway.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drudge</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drudge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Drudger</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drudg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who drudges; a drudge.</def>