Definition of Dreigh

1. dreich [adj] - See also: dreich

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreigh

drees
dreg
dreggier
dreggiest
dregginess
dreggish
dreggy
dregs
dreich
dreicher
dreichest
dreidel
dreidels
dreidl
dreidls
dreigh (current term)
dreikanter
drein
dreined
dreining
dreins
dreissena
drek
drekly
dreks
drench
drenche
drenched
drenched in
drencher

Literary usage of Dreigh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"Can any of your correspondents give me any information respecting an Irish duke whose family name was dreigh, and who was alive, I believe, in 1700? ..."

2. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc. by David Herd, Sidney Gilpin, George Paton (1870)
"dreigh, flow, keeping at a ... Hence an ill payer of his debts, we call, dreigh. Tedious. Dribs, drops. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"dreigh, difficult, hard to travel, tedious, prolix, dry. Hech, sirs! but the sermon was sair dreigh.' —GALT. Dreich at the thought and dour at the delivery. ..."

4. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"A dreigh drink is better than a dry sermon. ie, anything is better than a dry sermon, for, of course, a dreigh drink is no drink at all. ..."

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