droich Sc.
(droːx)
Forms: 6 droiche, 7 droigh, 9 droich.
[perh. a metathesis of duerch, duergh, or some similar form of dwarf; Gaelic has also droich from same source.]
A dwarf.
| 1535 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *285 To the Droiche, to lows his claithis fra the tailȝeouris. 1568 Bannatyne MS. lf. 173 (Jam.) Ane little Interlud, of the Droichis part of the Play. a 1605 Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 70 Doe, droigh, what thou dow. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. 185 ‘The Englishwomen are all poor droichs,’ said Nicky, who had seen three in..her life. |
Hence ˈdroichy a., dwarfish.
| 1693 Scot. Presbyt. Eloq. (1738) 117 There was Zaccheus, a Man of a low Stature, that is, a little droichy Body. |