dreamhole (dremhol)

One of the openings left in the walls of steeples, etc., for the admi ion of light. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] dreamily (drē'mi-li), adv. 1. In a dreamy manner; as a dream. I hear the cry Of their voices high Falling dreamily through the sky. Long fellow, Birds of Pa age. 2. As in a dreaming state; in reverie; idly. dreamine (drē'mi-nes), n. The state of being dreamy, or given to reverie. He was a dark, still, slender person, always with a trancelike remotene , a mystic dreamine of manner. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 68. dreamland (drēm'land), n. The land or region seen in dreams; hence, the land of fancy or imagination; the region of reverie. They are real, and have a venue in their respective districts in dreamland . Lamb, To Cole ridge. dreamle (drēm'les), a. [(=G.traumlos =Dan. Shelley , Julian and Maddalo. drömlös) dream1 + -le .] Free from dreams. We might be otherwise; we might be all We dream of, happy, high, majestical. In Persia, no one with any pretence to respectability would dream of stirring outside the door without at least four men walking behind him. O'Donovan, Merv, xi. Worn with misery, He slept the dreamle sleep of wearine . William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 207. II. trans. 1. To see or think in a dream; dreamle ly (drēm'les-li), adv . In a dream Spenser . This dreadly spectacle. dreadnaught, dreadnought (dred'nât), n. [ v ., + obj. naught , nought .] 1. A person who fears nothing.-2. Something that a ures against fear. Hence-3. A thick cloth with a long pile, used for warm clothing or for protection against the elements; a garment made of such cloth. Also called fearnaught . Look at him in a great-coat of the closest texture that the looms of Leeds could furnish one of those dread noughts the utility of which sets fashion at defiance. Southey, The Doctor, lvii. Your old men shall dream dreams. Said he not so? or did I dream it so? Joel ii. 28. le manner. dreamt (dremt). Preterit and past participle of dream1. Shak., R. and J., v. 3. dream-while (drēm'hwil), n. The apparent duration of a dream. [Rare.] The dreams which nations dream come true. Lowell, Ode to France. 2. To imagine as if in a dream; think about vainly, idly, or fancifully. Man errs not that he deems His welfare his true aim; He errs because he dreams The world does but exist that welfare to bestow. M. Arnold , Empedocles on Etna, i. 2. 3. To suppose indefinitely; have a conception of or about; believe in a general way. The Atheists and Naturalists dreame the world to be eternall, and conceiue that all men could not be of one; because of this diuersitie of Languages. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 45. Now and then, for a dream - while or so. Lamb , Artificial Comedy. dream-world (drēm'wėrld), n. A world of dreams or illusive shows. [Rare.] But thou be wise in this dream - world of ours. Tennyson, Ancient Sage.