draugh
English
Noun
draugh (plural draughs)
- Obsolete form of draught.
- 1845, The poetical works of Robert Montgomery, page 559:
- There is indeed an exquisite analogy existing between the material and intellectual world and from this philosophical source, Poetry in all ages has drunk some of her richest draughs of inspiration.
Anagrams
Yola
Preposition
draugh
- Alternative form of trugh (“through”)
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:
- As ich waant draugh Bloomere's Knough,
- As I went through Bloomer's Knock,
Verb
draugh
- Alternative form of drowe
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Draugh a ooree, or Draugh a thooree.
- Throw one another.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
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