n. [ F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See Dry. ] 1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence merchants bring
Their spicy drugs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand; -- used often in the phrase “a drug on the market”. “But sermons are mere drugs.” Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

And virtue shall a drug become. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. any substance intended for use in the treatment, prevention, diagnosis, or cure of disease, especially one listed in the official pharmacopoeia published by a national authority. [ PJC ]

5. any substance having psychological effects, such as a narcotic, stimulant, or hallucinogenic agent, especially habit-forming and addictive substances, sold or used illegally; as, a drug habit; a drug treatment program; a teenager into drugs; a drug bust; addicted to drugs; high on drugs.
Syn. -- illegal drug. [ PJC ]

They [ smaller and poorer nations ] have lined up to recount how drug trafficking and consumption have corrupted their struggling economies and societies and why they are hard pressed to stop it. Christopher S. Wren (N Y. Times, June 10, 1998, p. A5) [ PJC ]

v. i. [ See 1st Drudge. ] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [ Obs. ] “To drugge and draw.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A drudge (?). Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Drugged p. pr. & vb. n. Drugging. ] [ Cf. F. droguer. ] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig. [ 1913 Webster ]

The laboring masses . . . [ were ] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drugged as oft,
With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. under the influence of narcotics or hypnotic drugs.
Syn. -- doped, narcotized. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A druggist. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. droguet, prop. dim. of drogue trash, stuff, perh, the same word as drogue drug, but cf. also W. drwg evil, bad, Ir. & Gael. droch, Arm. droug, drouk. See 3d Drug. ] (a) A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets. (b) By extension, any material used for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the administration of a sedative agent or drug.
Syn. -- sedation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. droguiste, fr. drogue. See 3d Drug. ] 1. One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; one who owns or operates a drugstore. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. one who compounds drugs or distributes drugs into containers for distribution to customers; a pharmacist or apothecary.
Syn. -- dispensing chemist. [ PJC ]

☞ The same person often serves as both pharmacist and retail seller of drugs. See the Note under Apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]