dree2 (dre)

[E. dial., = Sc. dreigh, Thus they drevene to the dede dukes and erles, Alle the dreg he of the daye, with dredfulle werkes! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2916. dreely (drē'li), adv. [E. dial., = Sc. dreighly, I drow into a dreme, & dreghly me thought That Mercury the mykill God, in the mene tyme, Thre goddes hade gotten goyng hym bye, That come in his company clere to beholde. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2379. Drawene dreghely the wyne, and drynkne thereaftyre. turn, throw, E. throw: see throw.] 1. An Austrian dance similar to the ländler.-2. Music written to accompany such a dance. dreier, dreyer (dri'er), n. [G. usually dreier, When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable meals at fairs were dreigh . drepanidium 5. To subject (hides) to the effect of soaking and stirring in a solution of animal excrements or an alkaline solution. Harper's Mag., LXX. 276.=Syn. 1. To steep, souse, deluge (with). II.t in trans. To drown. Thus shal mankynde drenche and lese his lyf. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 335.