The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drough \Drough\, imp.
of Draw. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "drough".
For sikerly whan I was bore, anon Deeth drough the tappe of lyf, and leet it gon, And ever sithe hath so the tappe yronne, Til that almoost al empty is the tonne.
And as he dorste, he drough hym ner and ner, And herkned ay the wordes and the noote, Til he the firste vers koude al by rote.
Nathelees it happed, er they thennes wente, By cause that he was hir neighebour, And was a man of worship and honour, And hadde yknowen hym of tyme yoore, They fille in speche, and forthe moore and moore Unto this purpos drough Aurelius.
Whil this yeman was thus in his talkyng, This Chanoun drough hym neer, and herde al thyng Which this Yeman spak, for suspecioun Of mennes speche evere hadde this Chanoun.
It must be who knows how long since I made one of my great entrances into a posh place, feeling the raw skin smart under my arms, keeping the audible smalltalk up, watching the women glance at me for a single, splitting second and then skip ahead, like someone leafing drough a programme note for the Matthew Passion, not even skimming the list of sponsors.