Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumbled
Literary usage of Drumbled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... if not from the same origin with DRAM, qv drumbled is used in the same sense, A.
Bor. The ale i» drumbled, ie disturbed, muddy. ..."
2. A Glossary of Provincial and Local Words Used in England by Francis Grose, Samuel Pegge (1839)
"N. DRUMBLE, to drone ; ie to be sluggish. drumbled,disturbed. North. The ale is
drumbled; ie muddy. « DRUVE, a muddy river. ..."
3. The Bards of Bon-Accord, 1375-1860 by William Walker (1887)
"Tho' drumbled water's best to fish in, Yet since these streams are kept by
Priscian, • To whom he is a spiteful foe, He scorns in them to dip his toe; ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"It occurs in Shakespeare. DRUMBLE-BEE. A humble-bee. Nash. drumbled. Disturbed ;
muddy. North. DRUMBLE-DRONE. A drone. Metaphorically, a stupid person. ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"To be sluggish, or contused ; to mumble. West. DRUMBLE-BEE, ». A humble-bee.
drumbled, adj. Made muddy. North. DRUMBLE-DRONE, s. A drone. West. ..."
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