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- English Word Dragon Definition A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
- English Word Dragon Definition A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
- English Word Dragon Definition A variety of carrier pigeon.
- English Word Dragon Definition A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
- English Word Dragon's blood Definition Alt. of Dragon's tail
- English Word Dragon's head Definition Alt. of Dragon's tail
- English Word Dragon's tail Definition See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.
- English Word Dragonet Definition A little dragon.
- English Word Dragonet Definition A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
- English Word Dragonish Definition resembling a dragon.
- English Word Dragonlike Definition Like a dragon.
- English Word Dragonnade Definition The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
- English Word Dragoon Definition Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
- English Word Dragoon Definition A variety of pigeon.
- English Word Dragoon Definition To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
- English Word Dragoon Definition To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
- English Word Dragoonade Definition See Dragonnade.
- English Word Dragooned Definition of Dragoon
- English Word Dragooner Definition A dragoon.
- English Word Dragooning Definition of Dragoon
- English Word Drail Definition To trail; to draggle.
- English Word Drain Definition To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
- English Word Drain Definition To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
- English Word Drain Definition To filter.
- English Word Drain Definition To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
- English Word Drain Definition To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
- English Word Drain Definition The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.
- English Word Drain Definition That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
- English Word Drain Definition The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
- English Word Drainable Definition Capable of being drained.