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▪ I. † droy, n. Obs.
[This and the vb. following appear to be related in some way to droil.]
A servant; a drudge.
1573Tusser Husb. lxxxi. (1878) 172 Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 78 Any droye or pussle in the Cuntrey. 1592Babington Comf. Notes Genesis xviii. 6 Wks. (1637) 56 Every Droy in the house, yea the kitchenmaid.
▪ II. † droy, v.
[see prec. n.]
intr. To toil, drudge.
1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. (Arb.) 68 He which can in office drudge and droy. |