As a noun dreg
is sediment in a liquid.
As a verb dret is
; (drite).
dreg
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Sediment in a liquid.
By extension, the lowest and most worthless part of something.
Usage notes
This term is usually used in plural: see dregs.
Quotations
* 1602?': What makes this pretty abruption? What too curious '''dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our love? — William Shakespeare, ''Troilus and Cressida
* 1768':O! be the cup of joy to thee consign'd, / Of joy unmix'd, without a '''dreg behind! — William Hayley, from 'On the Fear of Death, An Epistle to a Lady, 1768', in ''Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects 1818.
* 1910': Fear and trauma may drain to the last '''dreg the dischargeable nervous energy, and, therefore, the greatest possible exhaustion may be produced by fear and trauma. George W. Crile. in an address delivered at the Massachusetts General Hospital 15 Oct 1910, collected in ''The Origin and Nature of Emotions
References
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.048
dret
English
Verb
(head)
; (drite)
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drite
English
Alternative forms
* dryte
Verb
(obsolete) To defecate.
References
* “ drite, v. ]
” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989
Anagrams
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