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D — Dreggy to Dyspnœa (Part 6 of 16)

    2. Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.

Droll, v. n. Jest, act the buffoon, play the droll.

Drollery, n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality.

Drone, n.

    1. Male honey-bee.
    2. Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow, do-nothing, good-for-nothing.
    3. Humming, humming noise.
    4. Droning-pipe (in bagpipe), drone-pipe.

Drone, v. n.

    1. Lounge, dawdle, idle, waste time in trifles, live in idleness.
    2. Make a dull humming sound, hum.

Drone, v. a. Read monotonously.

Dronish, a. Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive, drony.

Dronte, n. Dodo.

Drool, v. n. [U. S. and parts of England.] Slaver, drivel, drop saliva.

Droop, v. a. Let droop, let sink or fall, let bend down.

Droop, v. n.

    1. Sink or hang down, drop, bend downward.
    2. Wilt, wither, fade.
    3. Languish, weaken, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.

Drop, n.

    1. Globule.
    2. Ear-ring, pendant.