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▪ I. † aˈdrough, adv. Obs.
1698Bucaneers of Amer. ii. 151 We set our sail adrough, and so drove to the Southward.
▪ II. † adrough(e, adrowe, v. Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 adrúᵹian, adruwian; 2–3 adruᵹien, adruwien, adruien; 4 adrouᵹe. pa. pple. 1 adrúᵹod, adruwod; 2–3 adruwed. (All southern.)
[f. a- prefix 1 intensive + druᵹian to (become) dry, see drow v. and drought. There was also an OE. adrýᵹan to (make) dry, which seems to have been confused in 2–3 in the south with adruwien, so that the latter is used in the senses of both the earlier verbs.]
1. intr. To dry up, to become dry, withered, etc.
c1000ælfric Gen. viii. 11 Þa wætera wǽron adruwode. c1000O.E. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 6 Hiᵹ adruwodon and forscruncon. c1160Hatton Gosp. ibid., Hyo adruwedon and forscrunken. c1175Lamb. Hom. 133 Sum..feol an uppe þe stane and þer adruᵹede. c1230Ancren Riwle 150 Auh adruieð þe bowes, & iwurðet hwite rondes..Hwon hit is so adruwed. c1315Shoreham 34 Ȝef thou wylt, man, thorȝ thy schryft Lat thy senne al a-drouȝe.
2. trans. To dry, dry up. (In this sense it seems to take the place of OE. adrýᵹan; see first quot.)
c940Sax. Leechd. II. 70 Adrige beana & geseoþ butan sealte. c1230Ancr. Riwle 220 He adruwede þe Reade See. |