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putation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.

A darling; a favorite. [Obs.] Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling. Drayton.

A bower; a dingle. [Obs.] Drayton.

In a dire manner. Drayton.

Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.

To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.

still the kindly rain. Pope. The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. Drayton.

Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.

Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." Drayton.

Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton.

ency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct. Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.

khead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton.

Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.

A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.

e root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

A squirrel's nest. See Dray. [Obs.]

d of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of f…

To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.

To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.