A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dreichlie, adv. [ME. dreȝly, drely (14th c.).] Steadily, copiously. —a1500 Rauf C. 215.
Thay drank dreichlie about, thai wosche, and thay rais
