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Definition of Drabs
1. drab [v] - See also: drab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drabs
Literary usage of Drabs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dyer's Instructor: Comprising Practical Instructions in the Art of by David Smith (1860)
"Perhaps there is as much difference in the shades as is possible to be made in
drabs ; but all the varieties of shades that come between these, ..."
2. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"617 drabs. Let her thy heart, next D. and Dice, engage D. in. 303 Paltry and
proud, a* </. in Drury-lane .£. vii. 64 Drag. Go drive the Deer, ..."
3. The Art of Dyeing All Colors on Raw Cotton Or Cotton Waste, for the Purpose by Richard Gibson (1861)
"drabs. THESE shades embrace all the different kinds of drabs, and they form a
very great number of dissimilar hues, but which are all produced by the ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing; Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Robert Macfarlane (1860)
"... and the Preparation of Chemic for Cotton Dyeing—Green on Cotton with Fustic
as the Yellowing Substance—drabs, Fawns, Olives, and Iron Browns. ..."
5. The Swiss Cross by Agassiz Association (1887)
"Let us talk as we choose of neutral tints and grays, drabs and PHILADELPHIA LILY.
browns, we all like yellow and scarlet. The man is fit for stratagems, ..."
6. The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares: Their Properties, Applications by John William Slater (1870)
"It enters also, both in printing and dyeing, into many browns, drabs, greys,
slates, chocolates, lilacs, etc. Madder.—Madder is the root of a plant known as ..."
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