Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To melt and drip down, as a candle. Grose;
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Examples
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But I spoze I must have droze off, for all to once I wuz passin 'through a great silent city.
Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881
flannagan commented on the word droze
To melt irregularly and drip, as a candle.
July 30, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word droze
JM hates it when he has to talk with someone with a droze nose.
August 29, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word droze
'The Dizzard of Droze'
November 29, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word droze
An old provincial term from Kent England.
The Grose following Wordnik's Century Dictionary definition refers to Francis Grose's 1787 A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions. London, MDCCLXXXVII. Printed for S. Hooper, No. 212, High Holborn, opposite Bloomsbury-Square.
May 7, 2011