2. Manure, fertilizer, compost.
    3. Force-meat, stuffing.

Dressy, a. (Colloq.) Showy, flashy, gaudy, fond of dress.

Drib, v. a.

    1. Crop, lop, cut off, lop off (little by little).
    2. Purloin, appropriate in driblets, cabbage, crib.
    3. Entice, allure, decoy, coax, wheedle.

Dribble, v. n. Drip, trickle, fall in drops.

Driblet, n. Fragment, small portion.

Drier, n. Desiccative.

Drift, n.

    1. Course, bearing, direction.
    2. Aim, purpose, intention, intent, proposal, design, scope, tendency, object, mark.
    3. (Geol.) Diluvium, diluvial formations.
    4. (Mining.) Passage (under ground, between shafts).
    5. Sweep, rush, current, sweeping pressure, driving impulse.
    6. Heap, heaped pile, driven mass, drifted pile.

Drift, v. a. Drive into heaps.

Drift, v. n.

    1. Float, be wafted, be borne or carried by the current or aimlessly.
    2. Accumulate in heaps, be driven into heaps.

Driftless, a. Aimless, purposeless, without an object.


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