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. Tennyson. There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. Shak.

ws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.

The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay.

A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written also driveller.]

; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. [Written also droger.] Ham. Nar. Encyc.

of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]

The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [Written also dhubb, and dub.]

A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] M'Culloch.

A short tobacco pipe. [Written also dudheen.] [Irish]

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.

e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.] A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume.

A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.] Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth.

with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]

ss; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.

eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.] The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. Percival.

To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also dumbfound.] Spectator.