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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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Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.

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

Squail :: Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares..

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..

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

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

Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.

Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.

Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.

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

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

Slug :: Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard..