An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_To_ DRIZZLE, _v. n._ To walk slow; Gl. s.h.i.+rr.
Isl. _drosl-a_, haesitanter progredi.
DRIZZLING, _s._ Slaver.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
_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._
