† drast, drest Obs.
Forms: Pl. 1 dærstan, derstan, 2 dersten, 4 darstis, 4–5 drastes, -us, -ys, -en, 4–6 drestes. sing. (rare) 4–5 dreste, drast.
[OE. dærstan pl. (:—OTeut. type *drastjon- or -jôn-), cognate with OHG. trestir, MHG. and Ger. trester pl. grounds, husks (of grapes), (app. OTeut. *drastiz-, an s-stem): cf. OSlav. droždiję and droštija lees.]
(mostly pl.) Dregs, lees; fæces, refuse, residue.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxiv. 8 Nyle he þa dærstan him don unbryce. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 98 Getrifula wið ecedes derstan. 11.. Semi-Saxon Voc. in Wright 94/1 Amurca, fex olei, dersten. 1382 Wyclif Ps. lxxiv. 8 The dreste of it is not wastid out. ― Hos. iii. 1 Thei..louen the darstis [1388 draffis] of grapis. 1502 Arnolde Chron. (1811) 165 Wel moysted at the rote w{supt} drestis of wyne. 1530 Palsgr. 215/2 Drestes of oyle, lie dhuille. |
| fig. 1388 Wyclif Isa. xlix. 6 To conuerte the drastis [1382 drestus] of Israel. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 388 Of Troyans blode the drastes and nat sede. |