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A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.

with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. Fairholt.

See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.

A little dragon. Spenser.

resembling a dragon. Shak.

Like a dragon. Shak.

severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.

A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zoöl.), the umbrella bird.

See Dragonnade.

A dragoon. [Obs.]

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.

The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.

To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]