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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,856 words match “DRY”

or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.

a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.

DOOM n. 2 definitions

y; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

or, to be imputable or chargeable to. If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. Dryden.

to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

DOUBLE a. 3 definitions

ortion of thy spirit be upon me. 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. Dryden.

A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

ty; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden.

DOUBT v. 2 definitions

lly doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker. To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden.

DOUBTFULLY adv.

In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.

An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden.

brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. [Obs.] His wife brought in dower Cilicia's crown. Dryden.

t hair of the face when beginning to appear. And the first down begins to shade his face. Dryden.

is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.

e cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. Holland. Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. Dryden.

Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.

a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

o her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden.

Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.

ing burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. Dryden. To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship.