DREE
Dree, v. i.
Defn: To be able to do or endure. [Obs.]
DREE
Dree, a.
Defn: Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.]
DREG Dreg, n. Etym: [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. drägg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. Draw.]
Defn: Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.
Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and
Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural.
DREGGINESS
Dreg"gi*ness, n.
Defn: Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.
DREGGISH
Dreg"gish, a.