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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DREY

DREY Drey, n.

 

Defn: A squirrel's nest. See Dray. [Obs. ]

 

DREYE

DREYE Dreye, a.

 

Defn: Dry. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

DREYNTE; DREYNT

DREYNTE; DREYNT Dreyn "te, imp. , Dreynt (,

 

Defn: p. p., of Drench to drown. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drey

drey |drā dreɪ | noun ( pl. dreys ) the nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Dreyfus, Alfred

Drey fus, Alfred |ˈdrāfəs, ˈdrī -ˈdreɪfəs | (1859 –1935 ), French army officer. In 1894, he was falsely accused of providing military secrets to the Germans; his trial and imprisonment caused a major political crisis in France. He was eventually fully exonerated in 1906.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drey

drey |dreɪ | noun ( pl. dreys ) the nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Dreyfus, Alfred

Dreyfus, Alfred |ˈdreɪfəs | (1859 –1935 ), French army officer, of Jewish descent. In 1894 he was falsely accused of providing military secrets to the Germans; his trial and imprisonment caused a major political crisis in France. He was eventually rehabilitated in 1906.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dreyfusaffäre

Drey fus af re , Drey fus-Af re Substantiv, feminin , die Dreyfus-Affäre |Dr ey fusaffäre Dr ey fus-Affäre |die Dreyfusaffäre; Genitiv: der Dreyfusaffäre die Dreyfus-Affäre; Genitiv: der Dreyfus-Affäre der 1894 –1906 gegen den französischen Offizier A. Dreyfus geführte Prozess und seine Folgen