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Definition: DREST

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Dress.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Drest" is a common misspelling or typo for: crest, wrest, driest, direst, dryest.

Date "Drest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Specialty Definition: DREST

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Of dress.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] (obsolete) past participle of dress. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: DREST

Drest

Drest (also Drust and the hypocoristic Drostan) is the name of several Pictish people, including:

  • Drest I of the Picts, Drest son of Erp, supposedly contemporary with Saint Patrick
  • Drest II of the Picts, Drest Gurthinmoch
  • Drest III of the Picts, Drest son of Uudrost
  • Drest IV of the Picts, Drest son of Girom
  • Drest V of the Picts, Drest son of Munait
  • Drest VI of the Picts, Drest son of Dúngal, deposed 672
  • Drest VII of the Picts, killed 729
  • Drest VIII of the Picts, Drest son of Talorgan, died 787 ?
  • Drust IX of the Picts, Drest son of Caustantín, died 836 or 837 ?
  • Drest X of the Picts, Drest son of Ferat, fl. 840s
  • Saint Drostan, founder of the monastery at Old Deer, fl. early 7th century

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Drest". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: DREST

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Drest 16     Drest 16
Drest VII of the Picts 12     Drest I of the Picts 12
Drest I of the Picts 12     Drest II of the Picts 11
Drest VI of the Picts 12     Drest III of the Picts 11
Drest X of the Picts 12     Drest IV of the Picts 12
Drest IX of the Picts 12     Drest IX of the Picts 12
Drest IV of the Picts 12     Drest V of the Picts 11
Drest II of the Picts 11     Drest VI of the Picts 12
Drest III of the Picts 11     Drest VII of the Picts 12
Drest V of the Picts 11     Drest VIII of the Picts 11
Drest VIII of the Picts 11     Drest X of the Picts 12

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).