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Definition of Drouth
1. Noun. A prolonged shortage. "When England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"
2. Noun. A shortage of rainfall. "Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
Definition of Drouth
1. n. Same as Drought.
Definition of Drouth
1. Noun. (alternative form of drought) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drouth
1. drought [n -S] - See also: drought
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drouth
Literary usage of Drouth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4. Pawn'd
in a gin-shop, ... To quench their lowan drouth. The Jolly Beggars, R. У III. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"See also DRUNK, DRUNKEN. drought, drouth These variant spellings for the dry
spell receive more diverse comment than you would suspect: Shaw 1987, ..."
3. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1911)
"UNCLE RAIN AND BROTHER drouth I Once upon a time there lived in a country not
far from here a man who had a wife and two children, a boy and a girl. ..."
4. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1907)
"In the abnormal drouth (hunger!) year this rule is entirely lost: the smaller
rings are absolutely and relatively reduced in summer wood and hence furnish ..."
5. The Weather and Climate of Chicago by Henry Joseph Cox, John Howard Armington (1914)
"A drouth period of more than ordinary interest to Chicagoans is that covering 22
days, from September 17 to October 8, 1871, just prior to the Great Fire. ..."
6. Dry-farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe (1911)
"The Utah drouth of 1910 During the year of 1910 only 2.7 inches of rain fell in Salt
... The drouth remained unbroken until long after the wheat harvests. ..."
7. The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances by John Charles Van Dyke (1907)
"But no; Nature insists that something shall fight heat and drouth even here, and
so she designs strange growths that live a starved life, and bring forth ..."
8. The Hill Readers by Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Lincoln Stevens, Charles William Burkett, Jessie May Snyder (1906)
"UNCLE RAIN AND BROTHER drouth JOEL CHANDLER HAREIS NOTE. ... One year they said
they would have made a living but for the drouth, and the next they said ..."
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