Dro"vy (?), a. [AS. dr&?;f dirty; cf. D. droef, G. trübe, Goth. dr&?;bjan to trouble.] Turbid; muddy; filthy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drow (?), imp. of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drown (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Methought, what pain it was to drown.
Shak.
Drown, v. t. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They drown the land." Dryden.