Drift. A row of felled underwood (D.).—N.W.
Dripple See Waggon.
Drive. Of manure, to stimulate growth. 'Thur, that'll drive th' rhubub, I knaws!'—N. & S.W.
Drock. (1) A short drain under a roadway, often made with a hollow tree.—N. & S.W. (2) A broad flat stone laid as a bridge across a ditch (Amaryllis at the Fair).—N.W. (Castle Eaton, &c.)
'Drock, a water-way, or sometimes the stone slab over a narrow ditch.'—Leisure Hour, Aug. 1893.
'1674. Item Paid Richard Serrell for a Stone to make a Drocke.—Records of Chippenham, p. 230.
*(3) A water-course (H.Wr.). A water-way (Leisure Hour, Aug. 1893).—N.W. (Castle Eaton, &c.)
'Where meaning a water way, it is usually spoken of as a Drockway, "drock" alone being the passage over the ditch.'—Miss E. Boyer-Brown.
*(4) Used in compounds such as Well-drock, windlass.
Drockway. See Drock (3).