*dron*

‖n. [ L. andron, Gr. 'andrw`n, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man. ] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudière, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. çrā to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle. ] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [ Written also cauldron. ] “Caldrons of boiling oil.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a very large pot.
Syn. -- caldron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. chaldron, F. chaudron kettle. The same word as caldron. ] An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2, 940 lbs, but at New York it is 2, 500 lbs. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chawdron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chaudun, caudun, caldun; cf. G. kaldaunen guts, bowels, LL. calduna intestine, W. coluddyn gut, dim. of coludd bowels. ] Entrails. [ Obs. ] [ Written also chaudron, chauldron. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chi`lioi a thousand + &unr_; base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [ Spelt also chiliaëdron. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Decahedrons L. Decahedra [ Pref. deca- + Gr. 'e`dra a seat, a base, fr. 'e`zesqai to sit: cf. F. décaèdre. ] (Geom.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces. [ Written also, less correctly, decaedron. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`lta, the letter Δ + 'e`dra seat, base. ] (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dihedral. ] A figure with two sides or surfaces. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; twelve + &unr_; seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dodécaèdre. ] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. drane a dronebee, AS. drān; akin to OS. drān, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. &unr_; a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. &unr_; drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See Drone, v. i. ] 1. (Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. [ 1913 Webster ]

All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hive. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

By living as a drone, to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The monotonous drone of the wheel. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Droned p. pr. & vb. n. Droning. ] [ Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dröhnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dröna to bellow, drone, Dan. dröne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. &unr_; dirge, &unr_; to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n. ] 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. T. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. “Race of droning kings.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The male of the honeybee; a drone. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Drongos (Zool.) A passerine bird of the family Dicruridæ. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. -- Dron"ish*ly, adv. -- Dron"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Drink. ] Given to drink; drunken. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The dodo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a drone; sluggish; lazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., n. See Dodecahedral, and Dodecahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Geom.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., tar. ] (Mil.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of trees consisting of one species, the salt tree.
Syn. -- genus Halimodendron.
[ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Crystallog.) A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit: cf. F. heptaèdre. ] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons L. Hexahedra [ Hexa- + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit: cf. F. hexaèdre. ] (Geom.) A solid body of six sides or faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hex- + octahedron. ] (Geom.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., Gr. "y`dwr water + &unr_; a kidney.] (Med.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; twenty + &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] (Geom.) A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular icosahedron, one of the five regular polyhedrons, bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangles meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; twenty + &unr_;, combining form of &unr_; four + &unr_; seat, base. ] (Crystallog.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. ladron, L. latro servant, robber, Gr. (&unr_;) a servant. ] A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + de`ndron tree. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Liriodendra [ NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. madroño. ] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called madroña apples; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning. [ Written also madroño. ]
Syn. -- madrona, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'okta`edron, fr. 'okta`edros eight-sided; 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + "e`dra seat, base, from "e`zesqai to sit. ] (Geom.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Padroni E. Padrones. [ It. See Patron. ] 1. A patron; a protector. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Powldron. ] (Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + Gr. "e`dra seat, base.] A solid figure having five sides. [1913 Webster]

n. See Polyhedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Polyhedrons. L. Polyhedra [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; with many seats or sides; poly`s many + &unr_; a seat or side: cf. F. polyèdre. ] 1. (Geom.) A body or solid contained by many sides or planes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) A polyscope, or multiplying glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pauldron. [ 1913 Webster ]