n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. [ 1913 Webster ]
The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.
See Dredging box. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously. [ 1913 Webster ]