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branch of knowledge learned man. [Obs.] One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon.

A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.

An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.

fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.

Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.

. "A downy feather." Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.

f; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. Bacon. But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. Motley.

To make cloth. [Obs.] Bacon.

The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon.

To become contracted; to shrink. "To draw into less room." Bacon.

The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon.

To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] Bacon. The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier.

Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon.

Same as Drought. Sandys. Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon. One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton. In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.

See Drought. Bacon.

y, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated. Drunken men imagine everything turneth round. Bacon.

Dry vat (below). -- Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. J. C. Shairp. -- Dry masonry. See Masonry. --…

Sweetness. [Obs.] Bacon.

To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon.

The act of sweetening. [R.] Bacon.