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

Isl. thrug-a, premere, vim inferre.

Drug, s. A rough pull, S. B.
Ross.

DRUGGARE, adj. Drudging.
King's Quair.

Isl. droogur, tractor, bajulus.

DRUM, adj. Melancholy, S. B.
V. [Dram].

DRUM, s. A ridge, S.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. druim, id.

Applied, S. B. to little hills, which rise as ridges above the level of the adjacent ground.

To DRUMBLE, v. n. To raise disturbance.
Ramsay.

Drumly, Drumbly, adj.
1. Troubled.
Douglas.
2. Muddy, S.
Douglas.
3. Having a gloomy aspect, S.
Ramsay.
4. Confused; as to mind.
Ferguson.
5. Troubled; applied to the state of public matters, S.
Baillie.