drogv.
transitive. To carry in a drogher.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft or by specific propulsion
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1681 J. Child Treat. E.-India Trade 4 To hope that ever we can cope with the Dutch in White Herring Fishing, Salt-droaging from St. Uvals to the East-Land, or the Russia or Greenland Trade.
1805 Naval Chron. 13 6 I employed myself in drogging sugar.
Derivatives
ˈdroging n. (also ˈdroghing) the West Indian coasting trade; also attributive.
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1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 Chron. 222/2 All the drouging vessels belonging to the island.
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