dozenth (duznth)

[ dozer (dō'zér), n. One who dozes or slumbers; one who is slow and listle , as if he were not fully awake. Calm, even-tempered dozers through life. J. Baillie . When he aroused himself from a nap in church, arose, and looked sternly about to catch some luckle dozer . Harper's Mag., LXV. 633. IMG:content-3119.png:[blocks in formation] Dp. Lowell, Apple dore. dpt. How can the Pope doze on in decency? He needs must wake up also, speak his word. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 67. =Syn. Drowse, Slumber, etc. See sleep. II. trans . 1. To pa or spend in drowsine : as, to doze away one's time. Chiefle armies dozed out the campaign. Pope, Dunciad, iv. 617. 2. To make dull; overcome as with drowsine . [Rare or obsolete.] Dozed with much work. It was no more than..a slight slumber, or a morn- ing doze at most. Jane Austen , North anger Abbey, p. 15. To bed, where half in doze I seem'd To float about. Tennyson, Prince , i. dozen (duz'n), n. [Early mod. E. also dosen , doze in, dose in, dozan, dozijn = MHG. duc- zend, MG. tusin, to in , G. dutzend = Dan. dusin = Sw. du in = Ru . duizhina , a dozen), dozaine , douzaine , dosaine , dozeine , dozeyne , a dozen, a number of twelve (in various uses), a judicial or municipal district so called (F. dou- zaine = Pr. dotzena = Sp. docena = Pg. duzia = It. dozzina , a dozen), prop. fem. of dozain , douzain, douzin, dos in , adj., twelve, as a noun a dozen, a twelfth part (with suffix -ain, E. -an, -en, doze , douze , F. douze = Pr. dotze = Sp. doce = Pg. doze = It. dodici , The yawning youth, scarce half awake, His lazy limbs and dozy head e ays to raise. Dryden, tr. of Persius's Satires, iii. Chemical symbol of decipium . An abbreviation of deponent . An abbreviation of debtor and doctor . dr. An abbreviation of dram and drams . Dr. D. R. An abbreviation of dead - reckoning. drabl (drab), n. [Early mod. E. drab be; prob. = drab, a spo of malt, whence Gael. drabhag, related to Ir. and Gael. drabh, draff, the grains drabhag, dregs, lees, a little filthy slattern, drabhas, filth, obscenity, foul weather. Prob.connected with draff, q. v.] 1. A slut; a slattern. Drabbe, a slut, [F.] vilotiere. So at an Irish funeral appears Palsgrave . A train of drabs , with mercenary tears. W. King , Art of Cookery. 2. A strumpet; a prostitute. knaves, you need not to fear the bawds. If your worship will take order for the drabs and the Shak., M. for M., ii. 1. drab1 (drab), v. i.; pret. and pp. drabbed, ppr. drabbing. [ O, he's the most courteous physician, You may drink or drab in 's company freely. Fletcher ( and another ), Fair Maid of the Inn. drab2 (drab), n. and a. [Orig. a trade-name, being a particular application (simple 'cloth,' i. e., undyed cloth of F. drap , cloth: see drape.] I. n. 1. A thick woolen cloth of a yellowish-gray color.-2. A yellowish-gray tint. drab II. a. Of a yellowish-gray color, like the cloth so called.