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Webster 1913 Edition
Drouthy
Drouth′y
,Adj.
Droughty.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drouthy
DROUTHY
,Adj.
1.
Dry, as the weather; arid; wanting rain.2.
Thirsty; dry; wanting drink.Definition 2024
drouthy
drouthy
English
Adjective
drouthy (comparative drouthier or more drouthy, superlative drouthiest or most drouthy)
- (Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
- 1951 June, Herman L. Wascher, R. S. Smith, R. T. Odell, Soil Report 74: Iroquois County Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, page 13,
- The drouthy sandy soils are not well adapted to the grain crops that grow throughout the summer but may be used for wheat or rye, the deep-rooting legumes, or timber.
- 1993, Thomas Foti, The River's Gifts and Curses, Jeannie Whayne, Willard B. Gatewood, The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, page 45,
- That clay will not allow rainwater to penetrate far and will not give up much water to plants, so the site is a drouthy one for plants.
- 1962 [1948], Paul R. Beath (editor), Louise Pound (editor of 1962 edition), Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains, page 58,
- Febold was always a good-natured cuss, but he really got peeved one year when the weather got hotter and drier and drouthier every day.
- 2007, Francis E. Abernethy, Legends of the Trail, Kenneth L. Untiedt (editor), Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore, page 61,
- 1886 was the drouthiest year in over a generation, and the wells had dried up, and the black land on Tobe Pickett's farm had cracks in it wide enough to swallow a jackrabbit.
- 1951 June, Herman L. Wascher, R. S. Smith, R. T. Odell, Soil Report 74: Iroquois County Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, page 13,
- (Scotland, US) Thirsty.
- 1835, Egerton Brydges (editor), Notes on Comus, The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 5, page 252,
- At parting, they bestowed a cup on him of a miraculous make, for it was ever full of wine, let the drinker be ever so drouthy.
- 1866, Mayne Reid, The Scalp Hunters: Or, Adventures Among the Trappers, page 187,
- A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere, and, at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!
- 1899, John Buchan, A Lost Lady of Old Years, 2013, unnumbered page,
- " […] Help yoursel' to some wine, Mr. Birkenshaw, for it's drouthy work talking."
- 1835, Egerton Brydges (editor), Notes on Comus, The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 5, page 252,