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To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.

To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope.

ed in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards. Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

d from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. Grew.

Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.

Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

ly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. Chaucer. Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. Motley.

Fallen; ruined. Carew.

Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

eller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. Russell.

The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.] Halliwell. Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter. -- Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another. Kent.

l along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to…

To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.

A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).

ne for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw.

bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.