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Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..

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..

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.

Lubber :: Lubber (n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..

Drone :: 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..

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..

Drone :: Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).

Micronesian :: Micronesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc..

Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..

Loord :: Loord (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone..

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..

Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.

Drone Fly :: Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..

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