n. [ F. drapier. ] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Draperies [ F. draperie. ] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Specifically: (a) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it. (b) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc. (c) (Naut.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. (d) (Lithography) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who scrapes. Specifically: (a) One who plays awkwardly on a violin. (b) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) (Naut.) (1) A skysail of a triangular form. [ Rare ] (2) A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. [ Obs. ] (b) A very tall building, especially one over 20 stories high. (c) Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [ Slang or Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]