An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Sw. dreng, id.

2. A miser.
Bannatyne Poems.

DRINK-SILVER, s. A vale given to servants, S.
Rutherford.

DRYNT, pret. Drowned.
Douglas.

A. S. adrenct, mersus.

DRITHER, s. Dread.
V. [Dredour].

To DRIZZEN, v. n.
1. To low as a cow or ox, Ang.
2. Applied to a sluggard groaning over his work, S. O.

Teut. druyssch-en, strepere.

To DRIZZLE, v. n. To walk slow; Gl. Shirr.

Isl. drosl-a, haesitanter progredi.