Drummond, Sir

WILLIAM, a Scottish poet, B. in 1585. His sonnets are the best specimens of his Muse, although even in them one looks in vain for sustained harmony or great originality of thought. D. 1649. Drummond, a central co. of prov. of Quebec. Area, abt. 1,644 sq. m. It is watered by the St. Lawrence River. Cap. Drummondville. Drummond's Island, the most W. of the Manitou lin Islands, in Lake Huron, abt. 30 m. E. of Mackinaw. It is abt. 20 m. in length from E. to W., by 10 m. in with. It belongs to Chippewa co., Michigan. Drummond Lake. See DISMAL SWAMP. Drummond Town. See ACCOMAC COURT-HOUSE. Drummondville, a village of prov. of Ontario, Well and co., on the Niagara River, near its Falls, abt. 24 m. N.N.W. of Buffalo, N. Y. Drummondville, a village of prov. of Quebec, Drummond co., on the St. Francis River, about 90 m. ১.১. W. of Quebec. fuddled. "Gloriously drunk, obey th' important call."-Cowper. Drunk'ard, n. One addicted to strong drink; any person given to an exce ive indulgence in ardent liquors; one who is habitually or frequently intoxicated by drink. Drunken, ( drunk'n,) a. Intoxicated; inebriated with strong liquor; given to drunkenne ; intemperate in drinking. "They reel and stagger like a drunken man."-Ps. cvii. 27. -Drenched or saturated with liquor or moisture. "Then let the earth be drunken with our blood."-Shaks. -Proceeding from intoxication; caused from over-indulgence in strong drink. "The drunken quarrels of a rake."- Swift . Drunk'enly, adv . In an intoxicated or drunken manner; as, " drunkenly caroused." --Shaks. Drunkenne , n. State of being drunk through the agency of strong liquors; intoxication; inebriety; habitual inebriety, or intemperance in drinking. (Med.) The habitual use of ardent spirits, or malt liquor, is the parent of more diseases than ever sprung from rotten fens or Levantine contagion. How many of those organic diseases, that form so large a portion of the mortuary list of the present day, are to be traced directly to this vice! And how many others have, through the same cause, become hereditary taints, that doubly punish the offender by the suffering he has to witne in his children!! Under ALCOHOL we have described the phenomena which accompany and follow Intoxication; under DELIRIUM TREMENS and OINOMAΝΙΑ, are pointed the most ordinary consequences of habitual D .; and under INTOXICATION we shall examine briefly the system of moral conduct proposed for the curation of the diseased action which prompts the vice of D. For the present, to dispel as quickly as po ible the effects of an occasional exce , and enforce on the excited nerves a sudden sobriety, one of the most effectual remedies is a small dose of sal volatile, or volatile salts, in a winegla of water, such as 20 drops of the former, and 15 grains of the latter, -repeating the dose in half an hour. The Scotch are in the habit of taking a basinful of cold broth for the same purpose, and the effect of such a remedy is sometimes very signal. An emetic is, however, the most speedy way of effecting a cure, and following it up by the sal volatile and water half an hour after. -Intoxication or bewilderment of the mind; disorder of the faculties, arising from another cause than liquor. "Pa ion is the drunkenne of the mind." - Spenser. Drupa'ceæ, n . ( Bot .) See AMYGDALEE. Drupaceous, ( dru - pa's hus ,) a. [Fr. drupacé .] ( Bot .) Pertaining to, producing, or consisting of drupes.