† drovy, a. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈdrəʊvɪ)
[A deriv. of OE. and ME. dróf, turbid, troubled, drof, or of its deriv. vb. drove v.1: see -y.]
Turbid; not clear or transparent, opaque, ‘drumly’; cloudy.
| c 1220 Bestiary 523 So droui is te sees grund. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1016 A see..Þat ay is drouy & dym, & ded in hit kynde. c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶742 An hors that seketh rather to drynken drouy or trouble water than for to drynken water of the clere welle. 1483 Cath. Angl. 110/1 Drovy, turbidus, turbulentus. 1691 Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbricum in Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.) 41 Druvy, adj. limosus. 1825 in Brockett. 1851 Cumbld. Gloss., Druivy, overcast, muddy. |