† ˈdrubly, a. Obs.
Also drob(e)ly.
[app. a blending of ME. trobly, troubly from French, and OE. dróf, dróflic (ME. *drov(e)ly) turbid, disturbed. See also drumly.]
Turbid, troubled.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xv. 5 Warldis men drynkis..þe drubly delitis of lychery & couaitys. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 27 If þe water be clere..þe bawme es gude, and, if it be thikk and drubly, it es sophisticate. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 132/2 Drobly, or drubly, turbulentus, turbidus. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxix. 1 Thir dirk and drublie dayis. |
Hence † ˈdrubliness.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 133/2 Drublynesse, turbulencia, feculencia. |