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One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. Drinker moth (Zoöl.), a large British moth (Odonestis potatoria).

louds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." Spenser.

ill. "The trees drop balsam." Creech. The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. Sterne.

A little drop; a tear. Shak.

g an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc.

The squeteague.

Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. Prescott.

Not having tears in the eyes.

To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell.

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast. With mother's dug between its lips. Shak.

A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

utting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. -- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other. -- Duplex querela Etym: [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his im…

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.

An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.

One who educates; a teacher.