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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drunkin, Dronkin, a. Also: drunkyn(e, -ing, -en, drunkne; drownkyn, drounkin; dronken. [ME. dronken, drunken, OE. druncen. Cf. Drukkin.]

1. Overcome by, or addicted to, drink.(a) 1375 Barb. xiv. 231 (E).
The gud erle had dowtyne That off thair men suld drunkyn be c1420 Wynt. i. 446 (C).
It hapnyt … That Noe drunkin slepand lay c1460 Thewis Gud Women 160.
Fra drunkyne folk and tawarne flee a1500 Seven S. 1065.
Ysak merwalit … Quhy scho birlit wyne sa fast To mak him drunkin c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 204.
Than as drunkyn man he all forvayit 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. li.
Howbeit the pepill … makis the starkest ail of Albioun, yit nane of thaim ar sene wod, daft, or drunkin 1535 Stewart 33226.
Tha la drunkin as ony swyne a1585 Maitl. Q. lxii. 60.
M^cGill that drunking knaif 1596 Dalr. I. 64/9.
Few … thair sie we drunkne, … nathir ony thair wod or daft 1622-6 Bisset II. 179/4.
Gif any gang out without the maisteris leif and drink drunkinfig. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1392.
Drunkyn in desyris bringis fulis to confusioun c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlvi. 92.
In fals vane glory thai so drunkin ar, Thair wit is went(b) c1420 Wynt. 1446.
It hapnyde … This Noe drownkyn slepand lay c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 76.
With ane plak to by ane messe Fra drounkin schir Iohne latynelesse(c) Brus xiv. 231 (C).
The gud erll had gret dowtyne That of thair men suld dronken be 1531 Bell. Boece I. 179.
To abstene fra sic thingis as micht mak thaim inebriat or dronkin c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1599.
Quhow that Noye plantit the wyne, And drank tyll he wes dronkin syne a1578 Pitsc. I. 260/17.
Night walkeris or dronkin men 1598 Maxwell Mem. II. 33.
Hauing made the said Ashefield somewhat dronken 1603 Elgin Rec. II. 109.
The strainger sturdie beggaris quho wer full and dronkinfig. 1567 Sat. P. vii. 122.
Gif with his fylthie lust sho be sa dronkin

2. Drunkin in, of a cow, giving less milk. 1629 Dundonald Par. Rec. 279.
The foresayd kow was drunken in of her milke quhairthrow they wer not able to pay kane for her