drouth — n. Sc., Ir., US, & poet. var. of DROUGHT. * * * noun 1. a shortage of rainfall farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season • Syn: ↑drought • Hypernyms: ↑dryness, ↑waterlessness,… … Useful english dictionary
drouth — See drought, drouth … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
drought — See drought, drouth … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Drouth — Drouth, n. Same as {Drought}. Sandys. [1913 Webster] Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon. [1913 Webster] One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton. [1913 Webster] In the dust… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drought — (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth, dru[yogh][eth], AS. druga[eth], from drugian to dry. See {Dry}, and cf. {Drouth}, which shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drouth — [drouth, drout] n. archaic var. of DROUGHT * * * … Universalium
drouth — [drouth, drout] n. archaic var. of DROUGHT … English World dictionary
drought — O.E. drugað, drugoð drought, dryness, desert, from P.Gmc. *drugothaz, from Germanic root *dreug dry (cf high/height) with ith, Germanic suffix for forming abstract nouns from adjectives (see TH (Cf. th)). Drouth was a M.E. variant continued in… … Etymology dictionary
drought — [[t]draʊt[/t]] n. 1) mer a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops 2) an extended shortage; scarcity; dearth 3) archaic thirst Sometimes, drouth (drouth). Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE drūgath < drūg (base of drȳge… … From formal English to slang
drought — /drowt/, n. 1. a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops. 2. an extended shortage: a drought of good writing. 3. Archaic. thirst. Also, drouth /drowth/. [bef. 1000; ME; OE drugath, equiv. to drug (base of dryge DRY) +… … Universalium
