drouthy
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[edit]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”, in 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[1], 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, published 2013, unnumbered page:
- " […] Help yoursel' to some wine, Mr. Birkenshaw, for it's drouthy work talking."