An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 246
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 246
_Watsons Coll._
Gael. _dramaig_.
2. Any thing boiled to the state of pulp, Ang.
_To_ DRANT, DRUNT, _v. n._
1. To drawl, S.
2. To pa.s.s in a tedious way, S.
Isl. _dryn, drunde_, mugire.
_Ferguson._
~Drant, Draunt~, _s._
1. A drawling enunciation, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A slow and dull tune, S.
DRAP, _s._
1. A drop, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. A small quant.i.ty of drink, S.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Drap~, _v. n._ To drop, S.
_S. Prov._
DRAP-DE-BERRY, _s._ Fine woollen cloth, made at Berry in France.
_Watsons Coll._
_To_ DRATCH, DRETCH, _v. n._ To linger, S. B.
Isl. _dratt-a_, segniter procedere.
_To_ DRAUCHT, _v. a._ To draw the breath in long convulsive throbs, S.
Sw. _drag-as_, id.
DRAUCHT TRUMPET, War trumpet.
_Douglas._
DRAUCHT, DRAUGHT, _s._
1. Lineament of the face, S.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An artful scheme, S.
_Rutherford._
Teut. _draght_, vestigiae.
DRAVE, _s._
1. A drove of cattle, S.
2. A shoal of fishes, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A crowd, S.
A. S. _draf_, agmen.
_To_ DRAWL, _v. n._ To be slow in action, S.
Teut. _drael-en_, cunctari.
_To_ DRE, DREE, DREY, _v. a._ To endure, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dreog-an_, pati.
_To_ DRE, DREY, _v. n._ To endure.