Definition of drone

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Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..

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Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
Dronish :: Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Quinhydrone :: Quinhydrone (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..
Lubber :: Lubber (n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown..
Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
Mopus :: Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
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