Drough (?), imp. of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drought (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth, druð, AS. drugað, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.
The drought of March hath pierced to the root.
Chaucer.
In a drought the thirsty creatures cry.
Dryden.