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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590-1610
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Drouthy, Drowthy, a. [e.m.E. drouthy (1626), droughtie (1603).] Dry, rainless. — c1590 J. Stewart 171 § 1.
As dewie drops distels in drowthie day c1610 Melville Mem. 120.
For their draw-well dryed by the drouthy summer
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