Definition of Drook

1. to drench [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: drench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drook

dronier
droniest
droning
droningly
dronings
dronish
dronkelewe
dronkverdriet
dronte
drony
droodle
droodles
droog
droogish
droogs
drook (current term)
drooked
drooking
drookings
drookit
drooks
drool
drool over
drooled
drooler
droolers
droolier
drooliest
drooling
droolingly

Literary usage of Drook

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

1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1854)
"... DECEMBER closes up the train of the Months, and with it, ends the rolling Year. The Harvests are NO. 12. FRED'K HOI.drook, ) ASSOCIATE HENRY F. FRENCH, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"drook, s. the grass Bromus secalinus. Plentiful, as a weed, amongst com, and popularly believed to be degenerated oats. A labourer once told me that darnel ..."

3. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"E. drouk, drook 'to drench as with heavy rain, to drip with moisture, ... drouk, drook, the numerous related words in the Teutonic languages with a similar ..."

4. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"E. drouk, drook 'to drench as with heavy rain, to drip with moisture, ... drouk, drook, the numerous related words in the Teutonic languages with a similar ..."

5. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"drook, s. the grass Bromus secalinus. Plentiful, as a weed, amongst corn, and popularly believed to be degenerated oats. IA labourer once told me that ..."

6. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... bellows of an organ, in order to increase or decrease the wind supply as needed. Drucker (drook'-ër) Ger. n. To drone; to produce a dull, heavy sound. ..."

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