† droul, v. Obs. or dial.
Also drool.
[cf. Sc. droul ‘to bellow as a hart,’ Jam.]
trans. To utter mournfully.
a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. 224 O Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem, droul out an Elegy for good King Josias. 1825 Jamieson, Drool,..to cry in a low and mournful tone. |