Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
drought , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
drought .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
drought .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prolonged shortage
- noun a shortage of rainfall
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Examples
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"The drouth is broken," said Doughall Donn, adding, with wonder in his voice: "What manner of folk are those yonder?
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If a season of drouth occurs when the cabbages have begun to head, the heads will harden prematurely; and then should a heavy rain fall, they will start to make a new growth, and the consequence will be many of them will split.
Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop James John Howard Gregory 1868
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a hollow stem, or beets or turnips that split and crack, or where we have so-called drouth spot or internal corking in apples, you can be sure that you can't grow a Persian walnut, because the boron requirement alone is many, many times that of an apple or of most vegetables.
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Then, Dan discovering he had acquired the "drouth," advised "giving it best" and making for the Spring Hole in Duck Creek.
We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915
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Century, they found that the 'drouth' pronunciation was the dominant one in most parts of the country, Gordon says.
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My late husband was from the Midwest St. Louis and always used the 'drouth' pronunciation.
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He says "drouth" was quite common in its day - last century.
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Compare l. 928, where 'drouth' = want of rain; the more usual spelling is _drought_. ~which~: see note, l.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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After the heat and "drouth" we could have loitered in that pleasant shade; but we were due at the Red Lilies "second night out"; and it being one of the unwritten laws of a "nigger-hunt" to keep appointments -- "the other chaps worrying a bit if you don't turn up" -- soon after four o'clock we were out in the blazing heat again, following the river now along its higher flood-bank through grassy plains and open forest land.
We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915
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"On the contrary, there are times when weather conditions, such as drouth, make it a very difficult matter for some tribes to get sufficient food.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
dangleberry commented on the word drouth
a thirst
July 23, 2007
yarb commented on the word drouth
Citation on aloes.
June 22, 2008