Drab, drab, n. thick, strong, gray cloth: a gray or dull-brown colour, perh. from the muddy colour of undyed wool. [Fr. drap, cloth—Low L. drappus, prob. Teut.]
Drabbet, drab′et, n. a coarse linen fabric made at Barnsley.
Drabble, drab′l, v.t. to besmear with mud and water.—n. Drabb′ling, a manner of fishing for barbels with a rod and long line passed through a piece of lead. [Cf. drivel, dribble; prob. conn. with drab, a low woman.]
Drabbler, drab′ler, n. an additional piece of canvas, laced to the bottom of the bonnet of a sail, to give it greater depth.
Dracanth, drak′anth, n. gum tragacanth.
Dracæna, dra-sē′na, n. the tree which produces the resin called Dragon's-blood.—n. Dracī′na, the red resin of dragon's-blood used to colour varnishes—also Dracine′, Dracō′nin. [Low L. dracæna, a she-dragon—Gr. drakaina, fem. of drakōn, dragon.]
Drachm, dram, n. See Drachma, Dram.
Drachma, drak′ma, n. an ancient Greek weight, and silver coin of different values: a modern Greek coin = above 9½d. sterling. [Gr. drachmē—drassesthai, to grasp with the hand.]
Draco, drā′kō, n. a northern constellation: a dragon-lizard.
Draconian, dra-kō′nyan, adj. severe, as was the legislation, of Draco, the Athenian archon (621 B.C.).—Also Dracon′ic.