1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]
2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
DREARING
Drear"ing, n.
Defn: Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.
DREARISOME
Drear"i*some, a.
Defn: Very dreary. Halliwell.
DREARY Drear"y, a. [Compar. Drearier; superl. Dreariest.] Etym: [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.
2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior. Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.
DRECCHE
Drec"che, v. t. Etym: [AS. dreccan, dreccean.]