Draconian code, orDraconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.

Draconic
(Dra*con"ic) a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Draconin
(Dra*co"nin) n. [Cf. F. draconine. See Draco.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; — called also dracin.

Dracontic
(Dra*con"tic) a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." Crabb.

Dracontine
(Dra*con"tine) a. [L. draco dragon.] Belonging to a dragon. Southey.

Dracunculus
(||Dra*cun"cu*lus) n.; pl. Dracunculi [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

Drad
(Drad) p. p. & a. Dreaded. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dradde
(Drad"de) imp. of Dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dradge
(Dradge) n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.

Draff
(Draff) n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st Drab.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks.
Shak.

The draff and offal of a bygone age.
Buckle.

Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt.
Tennyson.

Draffish
(Draff"ish), a. Worthless; draffy. Bale.

Draffy
(Draff"y) a. Dreggy; waste; worthless.

The dregs and draffy part.
Beau. & Fl.

Draft
(Draft) n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See Draw, and cf. Draught.]

Drachme to Dragoon

Drachme
(||Drach"me) n. [F.] See Drachma.

Dracin
(Dra"cin) n. [Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See Draconin.

Draco
(||Dra"co) n. [L. See Dragon.]

1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.

3. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6.

Draconian
(Dra*co"ni*an) a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.


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