drudg

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 ]

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

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