Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡DROOL, Droule, Druill, v.
1. To bellow or cry in a low, sad tone (Rxb. 1825 Jam.2; 1923 Watson W.-B., drool, druill), "applied to the hart belling for the doe". Arch. Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man (1972) i.:
There shall the dinke deire droule for the dowe.
2. To trill, to sound with a low and mournful note (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 83:
Ane ca's a thing like elsin box That drools like corn-pipes.
