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Webster 1913 Edition

Drab

Drab

(drăb)
,
Noun.
[AS.
drabbe
dregs, lees; akin to D.
drab
,
drabbe
, dregs, G.
treber
; for sense 1, cf. also Gael.
drabag
a slattern,
drabach
slovenly. Cf.
Draff
.]
1.
A low, sluttish woman.
King.
2.
A lewd wench; a strumpet.
Shak.
3.
A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drab

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drabbed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drabbing
.]
To associate with strumpets; to wench.
Beau. & Fl.

Drab

,
Noun.
[F.
drap
cloth: LL.
drappus
,
trapus
, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F.
draper
to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel.
drepa
to beat, strike, AS.
drepan
, G.
treffen
; perh. akin to E.
drub
. Cf.
Drape
,
Trappings
.]
1.
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; – called also
drabcloth
.
2.
A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

Drab

,
Adj.
Of a color between gray and brown.
–
Noun.
A drab color.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drab

DRAB

,
Noun.
1.
A strumpet; a prostitute.
2.
A low, sluttish woman. [This seems to be the sense in which it is generally used in New England.]
3.
A kind of wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. Its bottom is shelving or inclining that the water may drain off.

DRAB

,
Noun.
[L.] A kind of thick woolen cloth.

DRAB

,
Adj.
Being of a dun color, like the cloth so called.

DRAB

,
Verb.
I.
To associate with strumpets.

Definition 2024

dráb

dráb

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Czech

Noun

dráb m

  1. beadle, catchpole

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