Drone v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.]
1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray.
2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. “Race of droning kings.”
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