▪ I. † ˈdravel, v. Obs.
Also 6 dravil, drevil, drefle.
[Mätzner suggests connexion with ON. drafa to talk indistinctly, drafl tattle.]
intr. To sleep unsoundly, have troubled sleep; ? to talk in one's sleep.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1750 In dreȝ droupyng of dreme draueled þat noble. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 1 Of drefling [ed. 1553 dreuilling] and dremis quhat dow it to endyt? Ibid. x. xi. 96 Quhen mennis myndis oft in dravilling gronis. Ibid. xii. xiv. 52 Quhen langsum dravillyng [ed. 1553 dreuillyng] on the onsound sleip Our ene oursettis. |
▪ II. dravel
obs. form of drivel.