Drivel

n. [Icel. drafa; Dan. dræve, to speak obscurely; to drawl.] To drawl; to talk idly; to mutter indistinctly; to be weak or foolish; to dote. "A drivelling hero, fit for a romance." - Dryden. -To slaver; to let the spittle fall in drops like a child, an idiot, or an old man in his dotage; as, "a drivelling old fellow." -n. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth. - Sensele talk; nonsense; unmeaning utterance. Driv'eller, n. An idiot; a fool; a slabberer; a slaverer. Driv'en, n. (Mech.) That part of machinery which is set in motion by a driver. (Sometimes called follower .) Driv'er, n. One who drives; the person or thing that urges or compels any other person or thing to move forward; as, an engine-driver. (Naut.) The foremost spur in the bilge-ways, the heel of which is fayed to the fore side of the foremast Fig . 875.-а, THE DRIVER. driving gale.- Impelling; forced violently forward. Driv'ing-axle, n. ( Mach.) The axle of a driving wheel.