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DRUNT, n.1, v.1 Also †drant (Ayr. a.1796 Burns Ronalds of the Bennals xiv.). [drʌnt]
1. n. Gen. in pl. = the sulks, a fit of ill-humour (Fif. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot.; Ayr.4 1928; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 187; Rxb.5 1940). Freq. in phr. to take (the) drunt(s), to be in the — (Kcb.4 1900), to take the huff.Hdg. 1885 J. Lumsden Rhymes and Sk. 7:
But drunts aside; the “ither facts,” Let us a moment scan them.Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 149:
Ye needna dod nor tak the drunt.Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween ix.:
An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt, To be compar'd to Willie.Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums 11:
Her leddyship took the drunts and gaed linkin' aff.Kcb. 1815 J. Gerrond Works 145:
Take drunt and run hilshing awa.
Hence drunty, easily huffed (Kcb.4 1900).
2. v. To sulk (Bnff.4 1927). Ppl.adj. drunted, sulky, huffed (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 187).Lnk. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 91:
The Muse a canty spring 'll play To drunt nae mair.w.Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 108:
D'ye ken, ye said that awfu' like my puir auld mither — juist the same drunted, dried wey.
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