drat2 (drat)

t. [A minced form of ' od rot: see 'od and rot.] An expletive expre ive of mild indignation or annoyance, similar to plague on, plague take, bother: as, drat that child! [Low, and chiefly prov. Eng.] sons. IMG:content-3138.png:[blocks in formation] The quintain was " dratted " and "bothered," and very generally anathematized by all the mothers who had young Trollope. drattle (drat'l), v . t . Same as drat2 . [Prov. Eng.] Drattle 'em! thaay be mwore trouble than they be wuth. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, xxiii. draught, n. A corrupt spelling of draff . draught1, n., a . , and v . See draft1 . draught2t, n. See draff . draught-board (draft'bord), n . which the game of draughts or checkers is played; a checker-board. The board on