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ast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing out the gases from above it. -- Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air is rarefied by heat. -- On draught, so as to be drawn from…

To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Ex. xv. 9.

terror. The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. The dread of something after death. Shak.

an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.

uantities; in repeated portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death." Burke. -- Drop curtain. See Drop, n.,

Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.

A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

established in other countries. Druid stones, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.

normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. Addison.

To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson.

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

A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting. Where didst thou buy this buff let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster.

A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

able; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.

In a dying manner; as if at the point of death. Beau. & Fl.

Difficulty of breathing.

Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn

Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. Eared owl (Zoöl.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the long-eared owl, and short-eared owl. -- Eared seal (Zoöl.), any seal of the family Otariidæ, including the fur seals and hair seals. See Seal.