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Of a color between gray and brown. -- n.

Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.

and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.

The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3. Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel thr…

e car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.

A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.

Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse. All world's glory is but dross unclean. Spenser. At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. Lowell.

A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.

An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. Brande & C.

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

The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus).

The fifth letter of the English alphabet.

The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only. Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear. Tennyson.

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.