10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROICHY»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
Dwarfish, S. " There was Zaccheus, a man of a low stature, that is, a little droichy
body." — Presb. Eloq. p. 129. DROILE, *. Deuil's Droiles. " With fierie lookes, —
hee shall behold these deuil's droiles, doolefull creatures." Z. Boyd's Last Battell,
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The Scotch Presbyterian eloquence; or, The foolishness of ...
I'll give you an instance of it : There was Zaccheus, a man of a low stature, that is,
a little droichy (dwarf) body, and a publican, that is, he was one of the excisemen
; he went out of curiosity to see Christ, and, because he was little, he went up a ...
Jacob Curate (pseud.), George Ridpath, Gilbert Rule, 1847
I'll give you an instance of it : There was Zaccheus, a man of a low stature, that is,
a little droichy [dwarf] body, and a publican, that is, he was one of the excisemen ;
he went out of curiosity to see Christ, and, because he was little, he went up a ...
Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, 1861
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Lamps, pitchers and trumpets: lectures on the vocation of ...
... Sirs, that come out of curiosity ; you may get good ere ye go back again. I'll give
you an instance of it : There was Zacchcus, a man of low Btature, that is, a little
droichy Peter Cartwright. [dwarf] body, and a publican, that is, he 262 Wit, Humor,
...
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
DROICHY, adj. Dwarfish, S. DROILE,s. A slave;Z.Boyd. Isl. driole, id. DROYTES, .
9. pl. The name given by the country people, in Aberdsenshire, to the Druids.
DROLL, adj. l. Amusing; exciting mirth, S. Gl. Sure. Ayrs. 2. Singular; not easily to
be ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Comprehending All the ...
2. To move inactively or slowly. To DRIZZEN, v. n. To low as a cow or ox. To
DROUK, v. a. To drench. DROICHY, adj. 1. Dwarfish. 2. Short legged. DROUTH,
s. 1. Drought. 2. Thirst. DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, adj. 1. Troubled. 2. Muddy. 3.
Confused.
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An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
A buoy attached to the- end of a harpoon line, S. DROGARIES, pl. Drugs.
Bellenden. Fr. drogueries, id. DROICH, s. A dwarf, droch, S.B. dreich, Border.
Bannatyne Poems. A.S. dweorh, Isl. droeg, homuncio. Droichy, adj. Dwarfish, S.
DROILE, s.
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Scotch Presbyterian eloquence display'd, or The folly of ...
I'll give you an instance of it : There was Zaccheus, ' a man of a low stature, that is
, a little droichy ' [dwarf] body, and a publican, that is, he was one ' of the
excisemen ; he went out of curiosity to see ' Christ, and because he was little, he
went ...
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
Other Isl. writers assert that their ancestors did not worship the pigmies, as they
did the genii or spirits, also supposed to reside in the rocks. Droichy, adj.
Dwarfish, S. i " There was Zacclieus, a man of a low stature, that is, a little droichy
body.
