drouk

American  

[drook] / druk /

verb (used with object)

Scot.

1. to wet thoroughly; drench.

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drouk British  

/ drʊk /

verb

1. (tr) to drench; soak

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Etymology

Origin of drouk

1505–15; < Old Norse drukna to be drowned; cognate with Old English druncnian to drown

Example Sentences

There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low, And ay she took the tither souk, To drouk the stowrie tow.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

She wons by Kelvin's bonnie banks, Whar' thick the greenwoods grow, Whar' waters loupin' drouk the leaves While merrily they row.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

They drouk the lily an' the rose, An' mony flowerets fair, Yet they ne'er kiss a flower sae sweet As winsome Katie Blair.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low; And aye she took the tither souk, To drouk the stourie tow.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert