10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUMLY»
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Homely pearls at random strung. Poems, songs, and sketches
The old House of Drumly was the residence at one time of Gavin Taply, or, as he
was commonly called, Gaun Tap, and bis wife Chirsty, who seldom had the
honour to be called Mrs Taply. The old manor house is now ruinous, and even
then it ...
Thomas Watson (of Arbroath.), 1873
Drumly, turbid or muddy (applied to water), confused, not clear. — This beautiful
word would be a great acquisition to the English language. All its English
synonyms are greatly inferior, both in logical and poetical expression. The word
appears ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1870
Drumly, turbid or muddy applied to water), confused, not clear.—- his beautiful
word would be a great acquisition to the English language. All its English
synonyms are greatly inferior, both in logical and poetical expression. The word
appears ...
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
376. It is still used as a v. a., in a literal sense. V. the adj. Drumly, Drumbly, adj. 1.
Dark, troubled. The drumly schour yet furth oucr all the are Als blak as pyk, in
bubbis here and thare. Doug. Virgil, 151. 8. 2. Muddy, thick ; drumley, A. Bor. id.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
An armed and mailed soldier. as he had thought the drumly-voiced sentinel to be,
GAL-r Gil/misc t IBL'31 l. (41 Abd. The ltlUilLlllI o't san'ly lash'd his drumlncl'd
uoddle, Unidnmn lngllsmmll 18731 44.. 2. sb. Mud. we" raised by disturbing
water.
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Muddy, troubled; synon. with Drumly, but more commonly used, especially by old
people, as, " drulie water," when discoloured with clay, &c, Roxb. Tent, droef,
turbidus, feculentus, may perhaps be the radical term; A..S.drof, turbulentus ...
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A Dictionary of North East Dialect
193; "drumly - muddy" Bell MS Newc 1815; "drumly, drummely - muddy, thick; as
applied to the mind, confused" Brockett Newc & Nth 1829; "druvy - muddy"
Robson Tyne 1849; "drubby: "yon dark and drubby river" Pitman's Pay G'head
1820s; ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
The drumly schour yet furth ouer all the are Als blak as pyk, in bubbis here and
there. Doug. Virgil, 151. 8. 2. Muddy, thick; drumlqy, A. Bor. id. Fra thine strekis
the way profound anone, Depe vnto hellis llude of Acherone,Drumly of mnde,
and ...
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Memorabilia of the city of Perth: containing, A guide to ...
... their successors, the freedom, privileges, an 1 liberty of the water of Tay, and of
all buying and selling in all parts within the same, frae Drumly, and beneath, with
express prohibitions, that no ship co ning within the water of Tay, within Drumly, ...
James Cant, Alexander Duff, 1806
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Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the ...
June 16,1816. the meaning of these statutes, does extend farther v v~—> than
the Drumly Sands, and down to the bar. SAlmON fISHING. stAke-nets. ri'ne Order
of the House was as follows : — June 20, 1816. " Ordered and adjudged that the
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The Flowers of the Forest
Grow drumly and dark as they roll'd on their way. O fickle Fortune! Why this cruel sporting? Why thus perplex us poor sons of a day? Thy frowns ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
