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Entry 7 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Drab

/(drăb)/ · IPA /dɹæb/
01 n. A low, sluttish woman.
  1. 1.
    A low, sluttish woman.
  2. 2.
    A lewd wench; a strumpet.
  3. 3.
    A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
02 v. i. To associate with strumpets; to wench.
imp. & p. p. Drabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbing
  1. 1.
    To associate with strumpets; to wench.
03 n. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
  1. 1.
    A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth. Also: drabcloth
  2. 2.
    A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
04 a. Of a color between gray and brown.
  1. 1.
    Of a color between gray and brown.