| 单词 |
droich |
| 释义 |
droich Sc.|droːx| Forms: 6 droiche, 7 droigh, 9 droich. [perh. a metathesis of duerch, duergh, or some similar form of dwarf; Gaelic has also droich from same source.] A dwarf.
1535Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *285 To the Droiche, to lows his claithis fra the tailȝeouris. 1568Bannatyne MS. lf. 173 (Jam.) Ane little Interlud, of the Droichis part of the Play. a1605Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 70 Doe, droigh, what thou dow. 1818S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. 185 ‘The Englishwomen are all poor droichs,’ said Nicky, who had seen three in..her life. Hence ˈdroichy a., dwarfish.
1693Scot. Presbyt. Eloq. (1738) 117 There was Zaccheus, a Man of a low Stature, that is, a little droichy Body. |

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