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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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.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
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.
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..
Slug :: Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
Mopus :: Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone.
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..
Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
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..
Squail :: Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares..
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