drouthy
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Still we find among the river-drift their flakes of ancient tile, And in drouthy middle August, when the bones of meadows show, We can trace the lines they followed sixteen hundred years ago.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold——" "Nay, not that one; 'tis over long, and 'll make us too drouthy.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
It causes plants to root deeply, and that is a distinct benefit in a drouthy season, and always desirable.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee
Never were canteens crowded so quickly, never have hundreds of the hungry and drouthy clamoured so eagerly for admission as on that day.
From The Red Horizon by Patrick MacGill
To see your game was such a treat, Great was my luck with you to meet; You are indeed a beauty without paint, The picture of a drouthy saint.'
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere; and at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
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