Lexicographical Neighbors of Drook
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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