to drudge; to toil laboriously.-a drudge (?).-any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.-any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.-to prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.-to affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. also fig.-to tincture with something offensive or injurious.-to dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.