▪ I. drog, v.
Also 7 droag, 8 drouge.
[? a back-form from drogher or F. drogueur.]
trans. To carry in a drogher. Hence ˈdroging, ˈdroghing, the West Indian coasting trade; also attrib.
| 1681 Treat. conc. E. India Trade 4 To hope that ever we can cope with the Dutch in White Herring Fishing, Salt-droaging from St. Uvals to the East-Land, or the Russia or Greenland Trade. 1787 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 222 All the drouging vessels belonging to the island. 1805 Naval Chron. XIII. 6 I employed myself in drogging sugar. |
▪ II. drog, -arie
see drogue, drug, druggery.