Drayton, Michael

one of the most esteemed of the early English poets, -most admired for his pastorals and chivalrous subjects, -born at Harshull in War wicks hire, 1563, buried in Westminster Abbey, 1631. Dray'ton, in Georgia, a village of Dooley co. Drayton, in Iowa, a flourishing township of Cedar county. Dray'ton Plains, in Michigan , a village of Oakland co., about 5 m. N.W. of Pontiac. Dray'tonsville, in S. Carolina , a village of Union dist., about 75 m. N.N.W. of Columbia. Dread, ( drěd ,) n. [A. S. dræd , fear, ondrædan , to fear, to reverence; Fris. dred , fear.] Fear united with respect: awe; reverential regard; as, "the dread and fear of kings." ( Shaks .) - Great and continued fear or appre- hension of evil or danger; fear of destruction; affright; terror. - Cause of fear; the person or thing dreaded. drawer." ( Swift.) - A draughtsman; a sketcher; a de--a. Exciting great fear or apprehension; terrible; line at or; as, an excellent drawer of other men's foibles. -(pl.) A close under-garment made to draw over the nether limbs; as, ladies' drawers. frightful; awful; as, a dread sentence. - Inspiring awe and reverence; venerable in the highest degree. "Summoning archangels to proclaim thy dread tribunal." Milton . Draw'-gear, n. ( Mach .) The connecting gear in gen--v. a. To fear in a great degree; to regard with terrified eral, relating to the drawing of railroad-engines, cars, trucks, . Draw'-gloves, n . pl . A game formerly in vogue, for representing words by manipulation of the fingers. Draw'head, n. ( Mach .) In railroad machinery, a buffer connected with a coupling.