Definition of Drouht
Drought (drout), n. [OE. droght,
drougth, dru&yogh;ð, AS. drugað, from
drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which
shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness;
want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as
affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants;
aridity.
The drought of March hath pierced to the
root. Chaucer.
In a drought the thirsty creatures
cry. Dryden.
2. Thirst; want of drink.
Johnson.
3. Scarcity; lack.
A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth
of all history. Fuller.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A period of below average rain fall
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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