DRONE
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Drone (?), n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr&ā;n; akin to OS. dr&ā;n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. &unr_; a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. &unr_; drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See Drone, v. i.] 1. (Zo&ö;l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.
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All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hive.
Dryden.
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2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.
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By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.
Burton.
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3. 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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4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.
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The monotonous drone of the wheel.
Longfellow.
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5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
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Drone (dr&ō;n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr&ö;hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr&ö;na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr&ö;ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. &unr_; dirge, &unr_; to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.] 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
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Where the beetle wheels his droning flight.
T. Gray.
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2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. “Race of droning kings.” Dryden.
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