Drouth
“The drouth burned up the wheat I sowed…”
-The Sand-Hills’ Crest
drouth
[drouTH]
NOUN
drouths (plural noun)
1. dialect or poetic form of
drought
1. A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions.
2. A prolonged dearth or shortage.
[Middle English, from Old English drūgoth; akin to drȳge, dry.]
drought′y adj.
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