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drouk

American

[drook] / druk /

verb (used with object)

Scot.

to wet thoroughly; drench.

drouk British

/ drʊk /

verb

(tr) to drench; soak

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Etymology

Origin of drouk

1505–15; < Old Norse drukna to be drowned; cognate with Old English druncnian to drown

Example Sentences

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They drouk the lily an' the rose, An' mony flowerets fair, Yet they ne'er kiss a flower sae sweet As winsome Katie Blair.

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She wons by Kelvin's bonnie banks, Whar' thick the greenwoods grow, Whar' waters loupin' drouk the leaves While merrily they row.

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There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low, And ay she took the tither souk, To drouk the stowrie tow.

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There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low; And aye she took the tither souk, To drouk the stourie tow.

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