2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.

Thy droughty throat.

Philips.

Drou"my (?), a. [Cf. Scot. drum, dram, melancholy, Icel prumr a moper, W. trwm heavy, sad.] Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon.

Drouth (?), n. Same as Drought. Sandys.

Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn.

Bacon.

One whose drouth [thirst],

Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream.

Milton.

In the dust and drouth of London life.

Tennyson.

Drouth"y (?), a. Droughty.

Drove (?), imp. of Drive.

Drove, n. [AS. drf, fr. drfan to drive. See Drive.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.

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