Drug

drug, n. Any substance used in the compos i- tion of medicine, or in dyeing or in chemical operations; any commodity that lies on hand, or not salable. — v. [drugged (drugd), -ging.] To administer drugs. — v. To season with drugs; tincture with something offensive or injurious; dose to exee . [ME. dragges, OF. dragie see Drage*es and Dredge, v. or ME. drogges, OF. drogue, Sp., and Pg. droga, a drug, trash, rubbish, prob. Jr. D. droog, dry.] — Drug'gist, ». One who deals in drugs, esp. one who buys and sells, without compounding them. — Drug'get. n. A coarse woolen cloth, to protect carpets. [OF. droguet, dim. of drogue, Sp. droguete. droghetta, dim. of droga.]