n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing. ] [ Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill. ] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drubs. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Drudged p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging. ] [ OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge. ] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dredging box. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.

Syn. -- See Toll. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Dredging box. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously. [ 1913 Webster ]