Definition of drone

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

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Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Drone Fly :: Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis..
Lubber :: Lubber (n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown..
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..
Squail :: Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares..
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..
Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
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..
Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard..
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..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
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..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..
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..
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