From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drab \Drab\, a.
Of a color between gray and brown. -- n. A drab color.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drab \Drab\ (dr[a^]b), n. [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.
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2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. --Shak.
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3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when
taken out of the boiling pans.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drab \Drab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drabbing}.]
To associate with strumpets; to wench. --Beau. & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drab \Drab\, n. [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}.
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2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drab
adj 1: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab
personality"; "life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner
parties" [syn: {drab}, {dreary}]
2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains";
"sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[syn: {drab}, {sober}, {somber}, {sombre}]
3: of a light brownish green color [syn: {olive-drab}, {drab}]
4: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: {blue},
{dark}, {dingy}, {disconsolate}, {dismal}, {gloomy}, {grim},
{sorry}, {drab}, {drear}, {dreary}]
n 1: a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown [syn:
{olive drab}, {drab}]
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