† drubble, druble, v. Obs.
Also drobyl.
[app. an alteration of trouble, F. troubler, under the influence of native words: see next.]
trans. To trouble, disturb.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter ix. 6 Drubild stiryngs of pryde. Ibid. xxxviii. 9 Broght til drublynge of warldis werkis. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 100 Wharof þe kyng was mekyll drobyld. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 133/2 Drubblyn, or torblyn watur..turbo. 1566 Drant Horace, Sat. (i. i. 60) Him needes not draw the drubbled dreggs of fawle by durtye poole (limo turbatam..aquam). |