A Glossary of Words used in the Country of Wiltshire

by George Edward Dartnell; E. H. Goddard

Drodge. See Dredge .

*Dromedary. (1) Centaurea nigra, L., Black Knapweed.—S.W. (Barford St. Martin.) (2) Centaurea Scabiosa, L., Hardheads.—S.W. (Barford St. Martin.)

Dropping. 'A dropping summer,' one when there is a shower every two or three days (Wild Life, ch. ii).—N.W.

Drove. A green roadway on a farm.—N. & S.W.

Drown. To turn the water over the meadows.—S.W.

Drowner. The man who attends to the hatches, managing the supply of water, and turning it on and off the meadows at the proper times.—S.W.

*Drowning-bridge. A water-meadow sluice-gate (A.B.G.H. Wr.).

Drowning-carriage. A large water-course for drowning a meadow. See Carriage.—S.W.

*Droy. A thunderbolt (Aubrey's Wilts MS., H.Wr.).—Obsolete.

*Drucked. Filled to overflowing (S.).—S.W.