106 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Drawn. In a water-meadow, the large open main drain which carries the 
water back to the river, after it has passed through the various carriages 
and trenches. S.W. 
In everyday use about Salisbury, and along the Avon and. Wiley from 
Downton to Codfoid, but rarely heard elsewhere. 
Dredge, Drodge. Barley and oats grown together. S.W. 
Dribs-and-Drabs. Odds and ends. “All in dribs and drabs,” all in 
tatters. N. & S.W. 
Drift. A row of felled underwood. (D.) N.W. 
Drive. Of manure, to stimulate growth. “Thur, that’ll drive th’ rhubub, 
Iknaws!” N. & SW. 
Drock. (2) A short drain under a roadway. N. & S.W. 
*(2) A flat stone laid as a bridge across a ditch. (R. Jefferies.) 
* (3) A water-course (H.), probably a mistake. 
*(4) Used in compounds such as Well-drock, windlass. 
Dropping. “ A dropping summer,’ one when there is a shower every two 
or three days. (Wild Life, ch. 2.) N.W. 
Drove. A green farm-lane. N. &S.W. 
Drown. To turn the water over the meadows. S.W. 
Drowner. The man who manages the supply of water. S.W. 
*Drowning-bridge. A water-meadow sluice-gate. (A.B.H.) 
Drowning-carriage. A large water-course for drowning a meadow. S.W. 
Drug. (1) ‘To drug timber,” to draw it out of the woods under a pair of 
wheels. (D.) N.W. 
(2) “To drug a wheel,” to put om some kind of drag or chain. N.W. 
*Druid’s-hair. Long moss. (H.) 
Drunge. A crowd or crush of people. (H.) N.W. 
Drunkards. Flowers of Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold; probably 
from the way in which they suck up water when placed ina vase. The 
reason assigned by children for the name is that if you look long at them 
you will be sure to take to drink. S.W. (Som. bord.) 
Dry Cuckoo, or Dryland Cuckoo. Sazifraga granulata, L., White 
Meadow Saxifrage. S.W. 
Dryth, Dryness. N.W. 
Dub. To pelt with stones. “Just dub that apple down out of the tree, will 
ee P” S.W. 
Dubbed. Blunt, pointless. (A.B.) 
*Dubbing. “A dubbin’ o’ drenk,” a pint of beer, (A.B.H.) 
