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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drog, Droge, n. Also: droig, drogue, droug, droog. [ME. pl. drogges, drouges, OF. drogue.]
1. A medicinal substance or preparation.(a) 1456 Hay II. 109/30.
To chese the droggis and gader thyne herbis 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 148.
Payit to Robert Bertoune for certane droggis brocht hame be him to the Franch leich 1551–2 Ib. X. 65.
To the Quenis potingar and chirurgeane for droggis 1570 Leslie 243.
In case thay mycht haif hapinnit in sum onrecoverabill inconvenient, ather be evill drogges or onlerned mixtour thairof 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 337.
Scho tuik some part of white wyne dreggis, … And maid him droggis that did him gude 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 420.
The towne alwayes furnesing the vnguents, drogs, implasteris and vther mendicaments 1622-6 Bisset II. 259/32.
The barboure salhave the barbouris kist … with droggis and all uthir graith pertening to him 1659 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 427.
In compleit payment of drogs and wther medicamentes furnished … to ony poore people 1662 Lamont Diary 199.
Ponteus, the montebancke … had his publicke stage erected, and sold thereon his droggstransf. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4361.
Sik dismell drogs fra hir scho schot, Quhill scho maid all the fluir on flot 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 87.
Thow causit … [the shepherd] to tak certane droggis of witchecraft maid be thé, sic as auld shone, and cast tham in the fyir of John Clwb(b) 1561 Inverness B. Rec. I. 48.
The same droge is … for the syknes of cankyr sowyr rameid 1562-3 Winȝet II. 12/34.
As it war in an apothecaris buyth ful of al kynd of droigis, bayth of delicat spycerie and of rady poysoun 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 85.
Thow send … certane beare and wther droiggis to drink. Efter the … recept of thi droiggis, the said Alexander dalie mendit 1622 Crim. Trials III. 525.
The pannell, haifing skill in chirurgerie, sauld him sum drogis 1640 Misc. Bann. C. II. 254.
To Mr Alexander Patersone, apothecar, … for drogis, medicamentis [etc.](c) 1657 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 168.
That all their chops and drogues therin be visitit yeirly, and that all spollit or lost drogues be cast out, and that sophisticat drogues be brunt Ib. 171.
The imploying of appothecaries and furnishing drouges for their use 1689 Siege Castle Edinb. 36.
Six score centinells, but without … chirurgeon, or drogues, … or money 1688 Wemyss Chart. 257.
To … George Stirling, apothicarie … , for droogs
2. A preparation of spices or confectionery used as a sweetmeat.1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lxi.
All maner of droggis and electuaries, that may nuris the lust … of pepill, ar brocht in Scotland Ib.
Sic spicery and uncouth droggis, brocht out of remot cuntreis a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xciv. 62.
Sum will spend mair … In spyce and droigis on ane day, Nor wald thair moderis in a ȝeir a1578 Pitsc. I. 337/13.
Syne was thair … excellent cuikis and potiseris witht confectiounis and drogis for thair desairtis 1581 Acts III. 221/1.
[Act] aganis superfluus banquetting, and the inordinat vse of confectouris and droggis 1626 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 9.
That naine presume to have at any such tyme any kynd of suggoures, droiges, or confectiounes brocht from forane cuntreis
