drouth

Noun
Synonyms: drought

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a prolonged shortage“when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”Synonyms: droughtType of time period, period of time
  2. a shortage of rainfall“farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”Synonyms: droughtType of dryness, waterlessness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Drouth noun

Same as Drought. George Sandys

Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream.— John Milton
In the dust and drouth of London life.— Alfred Tennyson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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