Drin'get. s. A crowd; a throng
To Dro. v. a. To throw.

Drode. part. Thrown.

To Drool. v. n. To drivel.

n.

To Drow. { v. 2. }

v. a.

To dry.

The hay do'nt drowy at all. See the observations which precede this vocabulary.

Drowth. s. Dryness; thirst.

Drow'thy. adj. Dry; thirsty.

Drove. s. A road leading to fields, and sometimes from one village to another.

The name is doubtless derived from its being a way along which cattle are driven. RAY uses the word in his Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ, &c. under the article Chondrilla.

This meaning is now, I observe, in Todd's Johnson, the 5th of Drove, s.

v. n.

To Drub.

To throb; to beat.

v. a.

Drubbin. s. A beating.

To Druck. v. a. To thrust down; to cram to

Dub.

press.

Dub'bed. adj. Blunt; not pointed; squat.
Dub'by.

Dub'bin. s. Suet.

To Dudder. v. a. To deafen with noise; to render

the head confused.

Duds. s. pl. Dirty cloaths.

Dumbledore. s. A humble-bee; a stupid fellow. Dunch. adj. Deaf.

It seems singular that none of our etymologists have noticed this word, the most probable etymon of DUNCE, as it assuredly is. As a deaf person is very often, apparently at least, stupid; a stupid, intractable person is, therefore, called a DUNCE: one who is deaf and intractable. What now becomes of Duns Scotus, and all the rest of the recondite observations bestowed upon DUNCE? See Todd's Johnson.

I have no doubt that Dunch is AngloSaxon, although I cannot find it in any of our dictionaries, except Bailey's. But it ought not to be forgotten, that many words are floating about which have never yet been arrested by a dictionary maker.

Durns, s. pl. A door-frame.

EAR-WRIG. S. Earwig.

E.

This word ought to be spelled Earwrig, as it is derived, doubtless, from wriggle. See WRIGGLE.

El'men. adj. Of or belonging to elm; made of

elm.

El'ver. s. A young eel.

Em'mers. s. pl. Embers.

Emmet-batch, s. An ant-hill.

To Empt, v. a. To empty.

En. pron. Him; a zid en; he saw him.

To Eve. v. n. To become damp; to absorb mois

ture from the air.

Evet. s. A lizard.

Ex. s. An axle.

F.

FAGS! interj. Truly; indeed.

Fayer. s. and adj. Fair.

To Fell. v. a. To sew in a particular manner; to inseam.

This word is well known to the ladies, I believe, all over the kingdom; it ought to be in our dictionaries.

Fes'ter. s. An inflammatory tumour.

Few. adj. More commonly pronounced veo. Little; as a few broth.

Veo.

Fig. s. A raisin.

Figged-pudding. s. A pudding with raisins in it; plum-pudding.

Fildèfare. s. A Fieldfare. "Farewell fieldèfare." Chaucer. This expression is occasionally heard. It means, I apprehend, that, as fieldfares disappear at a particular season, the season is over; the bird is flown.

Fil'try. s. Filth; nastiness; rubbish.

s. A pole-cat. As cross as a fitchet.

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s. A feint; a pretence.

Flap-jack. s. A fried cake made of batter, apples, &c.; a fritter.

To Flick. v. a. To pull out suddenly with some pointed instrument.

Flick-tooth-comb. s. A comb with coarse teeth for combing the hair.

Flick. s. The membrane loaded with fat, which the bellies of most animals have: a term used chiefly by the butchers.

Flook. s. An animal found in the liver of sheep, similar in shape to a flook or flounder.

Flush. adj. Fledged; able to fly applied to young birds.

Footer. s. [Fr. foutre] A scurvy fellow; a term of contempt.

For rel. s The cover of a book.

Forweend'. adj. Humoursome; difficult to please : applied to children.

French-nut. s. A walnut.

To Frump. v. a. To trump up.

To Fur. v. a. To throw.

Fur'cum. s. The bottom; the whole.

G.

GALE. S. An old bull castrated.

Gal'libagger. s. [From gally and beggar] A bug

bear.

To Gally. v. a. To frighten.

Gallant'ing. part. Wandering about in gaiety Galligant'ing. and enjoyment: applied chiefly to associations of the sexes.

Gam'bril. s. A crooked piece of wood used by butchers to spread, and by which to suspend the carcase.

Gan'ny-cock. s. A turkey-cock.

Ganny-cock's Snob. s. The long membranous appendage at the beak, by which the cock turkey is distinguished.

Gare. s. The iron work for wheels, waggons, &c. is called ire-gare; accoutrements.

Gate-shord. s. A gate-way; a place for a gate. Gat'fer, s. An old man.

Gaw'cum. s. A simpleton; a gawkey.

To Gee. v. n. [g soft] To agree; to go on well together.

To Gee. v. a. [g hard; part. and past tense gid.] To give.

To G'auf. v. n. To go off.

To G'auver. v. n. To go over.

To G'in. v. n. To go in.

To G'on. v. n. To go on.