a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alexandrin. ] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A drinking between meals. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
Syn. -- genus Calandrinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cedrinus, Gr. ke`drinos. See Cedar. ] Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin. See also chondroitin sulfate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Conium + hydrate. ] (Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an isomer of amphetamine used as a central nervous system stimulant (Dexedrine is a trademark).
Syn. -- dextroamphetamine sulphate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. Drank formerly Drunk & p. p. Drunk, Drunken p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical. ] [ AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown. ] 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. Luke xvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. Job xxi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink of the cup that can not cloy. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the &unr_;se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

And they drank, and were merry with him. Gem. xliii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

I drink to the general joy of the whole table,
And to our dear friend Banquo. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. [ 1913 Webster ]

There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,
There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let the purple violets drink the stream. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see. [ 1913 Webster ]

To drink the cooler air, Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue's utterance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To smoke, as tobacco. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And some men now live ninety years and past,
Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. Taylor (1630.) [ 1913 Webster ]

To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak. --
To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. “Song was the form of literature which he [ Burns ] had drunk in from his cradle.” J. C. Shairp. --
To drink off or
To drink up, to drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. --
To drink the health of, or
To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give me some drink, Titinius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink money, or
Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. --
Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. --
In drink, drunk. “The poor monster's in drink.” Shak. --
Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. “ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.” Prov. xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being drinkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drinker moth (Zool.), a large British moth (Odonestis potatoria). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of drink. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hydra. ] (Zool.) The group of hydroids to which the fresh-water hydras belong. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iod- + chlorhydrin. ] (Chem.) One of a series of compounds containing iodine, and analogous to the chlorhydrins. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., prop., a godmother. ] An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [ S. America ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.: cf. F. méandrine. ] (Zool.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of several cardiac glycosides (C32H48O9) found in oleander (Nerium oleander). [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander (Nerium oleander). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To drink to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF., fr. L. quadrini four each, fr. quattuor four. ] A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + nodal. ] (Math.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quadri- + nomial, as in binomial: cf. F. quadrinôme. ] (Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quadrinomial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + nominal. ] (Alg.) Quadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Heb. sanhedrīn, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; with + &unr_; a seat, fr. &unr_; to sit. See Sit. ] (Jewish Antiq.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being tawdry. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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{ it>or }, n. [ Cf. Yellow. ] (Zool.) The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]