drawk

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English drauke.[1] Possibly from Middle Welsh drewc (“darnel”), in which case related to Gaulish *drāyāka or Latin dravoca.[2] Compare also Dutch dravik.

Noun

drawk (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Ryegrass, darnel, cockle, tare, or wild oats.[3][4]
  2. (archaic) Grass growing as a weed among corn.[2]

Etymology 2

From Middle Scots drawken, perhaps akin to Old Norse drukna.[5]

Verb

drawk (third-person singular simple present drawks, present participle drawking, simple past and past participle drawked)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To drench with water.

References

  1. ^ drauk and drauke - Middle English Compendium‎[1], 2018, retrieved 4 March 2020
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zair, Nicholas (22 August 2012) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic‎[2], BRILL, →ISBN, page 97
  3. ^ Dutt, William Alfred (1906) Wild Life in East Anglia‎[3], Methuen & Company
  4. ^ Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia‎[4], Department of Agriculture., 1899
  5. ^ “drawk”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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