dromedarist (drumedarist)

[ As to 'Osma'n Ibn El-Hhebla and Mohham'mad Ib'n Ka'mil, the Dromedarist , they journeyed until they en tered the castle of El-Kar'ak. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 131. dromedary (drum'e-dā-ri), n.; pl. dromedaries (-riz). [Early mod. E. also dromedare; dromedarie, -ary, also dromon dere, dr.drome daire, F. dromadaire = Pr. dari, dromodari = Sp. dromedal, dromedario = Pg. It. dromedario = D. drommedaris = G. Dan. Sw. dromedar, Abulites there mette Alexander and presented hym amongst the reste of other thinges dromedary camels yt were wonderful swift. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, fol. 108. After did a mightie man pursew, Ryding upon a Dromedare on hie. Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 38. IMG:content-3176.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-3177.png:[blocks in formation] dromic, dromical (drom'ik, -i-kal), a. [ In the Eastern church, though the erection of St. Sophia, at Constantinople, introduced a new type which al most entirely superseded the old one, the basilic ant being that of a race-course (dromos) - was originally as much the Encyc. Brit., III. 418. rule as in the West. IMG:content-3178.png:[blocks in formation] dromoi, n. Plural of dromos. dromont, dromondt, n. [ dragemunt (a imilated to MLG. dragen , draw), dromon , dromont , later dromant , a small and swift ve el, dromo ( n- ), δρόμων , a light ve el, dromond, δρόμος, a running, δραμεῖν , run: see dromedary .] A large, fast-sailing war-ve el; hence, a similar ve el of any kind. Also dromedary . Whan at Hampton he made the great dromons , Which pa ed other great ships of all the commons. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 205. Roger de Hoveden...and Peter de Long toft celebrate the struggle which Richard I., on his way to Palestine, had with a huge dromon.... This ve el had three masts, was very high out of the water, and is said to have had 1500 men on board. Encyc. Brit., VII. 310. 1776 And of the merchants bought a dromond tall They called the Rose-Garland. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 12. Dromornis (drō-môr'nis), n. [NL., Dromaus ), + όρνις , a bird.] Same as Dromœornis . Owen , Proc. Zoöl. Soc., 1872, p. 682. dromos (drom'os), n.; pl. dromoi (-oi). [ drool Hence-2. An idler; a sluggard; one who lives on the labor of others. I found myself a member of an active community in which not a drone nor an invalid could be counted. E. S. Phelps , Beyond the Gates, p. 134. drone2 (dron), v . i.; pret. and pp. droned , ppr. droning. [ Why was I not the twentieth by descent From a long restive race of droning kings? Dryden. drone-ba (drōn'bās), n. In music , a ba consisting of the tonic, tonic, or of the tonic and dom i- ant, sounded continuou sounded continuously throughout ut a piece. It is frequently employed for a pastoral effect. A beetle of the IMG:content-3179.png:[graphic] nant, tween rows of statues, as the usual approaches of Egyptian temples. Alleys of colo al rams or sphinxes form the approach or dromos. C. O. Müller , Manual of Archæol. (trans.), § 219. dronel (dron), v.; pret. and pp. droned , ppr. droning. [Altered, in conformation to drone2 , n ., from * droun = Sc. drune , low, ow, murmur, ME. droúnen (rare), roar or bellow (said of a dragon); not in AS.; = MD. dronen, dreunen, tremble, quaver, D. dreunen , make a trembling noise, = MLG. dronen, LG. drönen, > G. dröhnen, drönen, drone, hum, = Icel. drynja , roar (cf. drynr, a roaring, drunur, a thundering), = Sw. dröna, low, bellow, drone, = Dan. dröne, peal, rumble, boom (cf. drön, a boom). Cf. Goth. drunjus, a sound, voice; Gr. θρῆνος, a dirge (see threne). Hence (remotely) drone2.] in trans. 11. To roar; bellow. I. Hee drouned as a dragón, dredeful of noyes. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 985. 2. To give forth a monotonous, unvaried tone; utter a dull humming sound; hum or buzz, as a beetle or a bagpipe. And all the air a solemn stillne holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray, Elegy. Red after revel, droned her lurdane knights Slumbering. Tennyson , Pelleas and Ettarre. Like the national instrument of Scotland, the mind drones wofully and will discourse most dolorous music, unle an expansive and resilient force within supplies the basis of quickly responsive action. Pop . Sci . Mo. , XX. 103. 3. To use a dull, monotonous tone: as, he drones in his reading. Turn out their droning senate, and po e That seat of empire which our souls were fram'd for. Otway, Venice Preserved, ii. 3. Pale wizard priests, o'er occult symbols droning. Whittier, Worship. II. trans. To give forth or utter in a monotonous, dull tone: as, he drones his sentences. I ask no organ's soulle breath To drone the themes of life and death. Whittier, The Meeting. And the reader droned from the pulpit, Like the murmur of many bees, The legend of good Saint Guthlac, And Saint Basil's homilies. Long fellow , King Witlaf's Drinking-Horn.