Drouth

drouth
    n 1: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it
         ended a ten-year drought" [syn: {drought}, {drouth}]
    2: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought
       hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the
       growing season" [syn: {drought}, {drouth}]
    

Drouth \Drouth\, n.
   Same as {Drought}. --Sandys.
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         Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of
         corn.                                    --Bacon.
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         One whose drouth [thirst],
         Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream.
                                                  --Milton.
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         In the dust and drouth of London life.   --Tennyson.
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