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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drewrie, Dreurie, variants of Drowrie n. (dowry). —1569-73 Bann. Memor. 171.
To procuire ane stay of the queine of Scottis revenous [= revenues] growing in France, vpoun hir drewrie [v.r. dreurie] Ib. 174.
The gold … was thocht to be the thing the queine mycht furneis of hir drewrie of France
