| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| driest | superl. | of Dry, a. |
| drifty | adjective | Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like. |
| drimys | noun | A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishes Winter’s bark. |
| driven | past participle | of Drive, of Drive. Also adj. |
| drivel | verb i. | To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard., To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love., Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth., Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble., A driveler; a fool; an idiot., A servant; a drudge. |
| driver | noun | One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward., The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive., An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work., A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:, The driving wheel of a locomotive., An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier., A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone., The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. |