(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:14:09

Drear (?), a. [See Dreary.]

Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

"A drear and dying sound."

Milton.

 

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Drear, n.

Sadness; dismalness.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

 

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