An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 250

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 250

_To_ DRIZZLE, _v. n._ To walk slow; Gl. Shirr.


Isl. _drosl-a_, haesitanter progredi.


DRIZZLING, _s._ Slaver.


_Gl. Shirr._


_To_ DROB, _v. a._ To p.r.i.c.k, Ang.


Isl. _drep-a_, perforare.


~Drob~, _s._ A thorn, a p.r.i.c.kle, Perths.


DRODDUM, _s._ The breech.


_Burns._


DROG, _s._ A buoy attached to the end of a harpoon line, S.


DROGARIES, _pl._ Drugs.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


Fr. _drogueries_, id.


DROICH, _s._ A dwarf, _droch_, S. B. _dreich_, Border.


_Bannatyne Poems._


A. S. _dweorh_, Isl. _droeg_, homuncio.


~Droichy~, _adj._ Dwarfish, S.


DROILE, _s._ A slave; Isl. _driole_, id.


_Z. Boyd._


DRONACH, _s._ Penalty, S. B.


Isl. _drungi_, molestia, onus.


DROTES, _pl._ n.o.bles.


_Sir Gawan._


Su. G. _drott_, a lord.


DROUBLY, DRUBLIE, _adj._


1. Dark, troubled.


_Dunbar._


2. Muddy; applied to water.


Teut. _droef_, turbidus.


_Henrysone._


DROUERY, DROURY, _s._


1. Illicit love.


_Barbour._


2. A love-token.


_Douglas._


3. A gift of any kind.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _drurie_, la vie joyeuse.


_To_ DROUK, _v. a._ To drench, S.


_Douglas._


DROUTH, _s._


1. Drought, S.


_Chron. S. P._