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Webster 1913 Edition


Dray

Dray

,
Noun.
A squirrel’s nest.
Cowper.

Dray

,
Noun.
[AS.
dræge
a dragnet, fr.
dragan
.
[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]
. See
Draw
, and cf. 2d
Drag
, 1st
Dredge
.]
1.
A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Addison.
2.
A kind of sledge or sled.
Halliwell.
Dray cart
,
a dray.
Dray horse
,
a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dray

DRAY

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.
2.
A sled.

Definition 2024


dray

dray

English

Noun

dray (plural drays)

  1. A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
      Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire
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  2. A kind of sledge or sled.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

dray (plural drays)

  1. variant spelling of drey, The nest of a squirrel.

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