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† 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.
c1220Bestiary 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. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋742 An hors that seketh rather to drynken drouy or trouble water than for to drynken water of the clere welle. 1483Cath. Angl. 110/1 Drovy, turbidus, turbulentus. 1691Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbricum in Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.) 41 Druvy, adj. limosus. 1825in Brockett. 1851Cumbld. Gloss., Druivy, overcast, muddy. |