Syn. — Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
Drowth
(Drowth) n. See Drought. Bacon.
Droyle
(Droyle) v. i. See Droil. [Obs.] Spenser.
Drub
(Drub) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel.
& Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike,
G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
L'Estrange. Drub
(Drub), n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.
Drubber
(Drub"ber) n. One who drubs. Sir W. Scott.
Drudge
(Drudge) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] [OE. druggen; prob not
akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor
in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
Macaulay. Drudge
(Drudge), v. t. To consume laboriously; — with away.
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day.
Otway. Drudge
(Drudge), n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant.
Milton.
