Note: In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See Deloul.
DROMOND; DROMON
Drom"ond, or Drom"on. Etym: [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr.
Gr.Dromedary.]
Defn: In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. W. Morris.
DRONE
Drone, n. Etym: [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dran; akin to OS. dran,
OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. Drone, v. i.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey.
See Honeybee.
All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the
laborious hive. Dryden.
2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton.
3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.
4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. The monotonous drone of the wheel. Longfellow.
5. (Mus.)