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Down the stream; as, floating downstream.

ughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden. I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron.

One who dreams.

Full of dreams. " Dreamful ease." Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv.

As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow.

The state of being dreamy.

In a dreamy manner.

An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. [He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell.

Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv.

Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Tennyson.

A dreamy, idle fellow. Shak.

An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.

To pass, or escape, while dreaming. "To oultdream dangers." Beau. & Fl.

To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [R.] Feltham. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. "A preambulary tax." [R.] Burke.

To walk before. [R.] Jordan.

A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.] Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. Jer. Taylor.

See Perambulatory. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. Pope.