Noun : a drought of good writing. From Dictionary.com.
"The drouth is broken," said Doughall Donn, adding, with wonder in his voice: "What manner of folk are those yonder?. From Wordnik.com. [This Way to Christmas] Reference
He says "drouth" was quite common in its day - last century. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
My late husband was from the Midwest St. Louis and always used the 'drouth' pronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
Century, they found that the 'drouth' pronunciation was the dominant one in most parts of the country, Gordon says. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
Then, Dan discovering he had acquired the "drouth," advised "giving it best" and making for the Spring Hole in Duck Creek. From Wordnik.com. [We of the Never-Never] Reference
To quench the drouth of Phebus; which as they taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
"Thor will see to it that there is not another drouth.". From Wordnik.com. [Regeneration] Reference
These, however, dropped during the extreme drouth of August. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915] Reference
The drouth was aggravating in its duration and growing hardships. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
And you stagger blind to the mirage, to die in the mocking drouth. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
One time dey was a drouth, an de water we hauls from way ovah to de rivah. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives] Reference
A complete drouth had evidently not struck this part of the State of Maine. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
There drouth, or excessive rainfalls, produced scarcity, and sometimes famine. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
"This would be fine out our way in time of drouth, when all the pastures dry up.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences] Reference
The winter of 1899 was the worst winter drouth I ever knew; it killed every thing. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Their sides were warped and bulged with the alternate damp and drouth, heat and cold. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
"She had a drouth on her it seems, and couldn't drag herself up again," said the farmer. From Wordnik.com. [Women of the Country] Reference
In time of drouth the branch probably furnished no more water than his own cattle needed. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
The heat and drouth which followed killed outright many of the scions which had begun to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
But if from drouth or some other cause they do not make a satisfactory growth, grow them two years. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The present summer has been of extremes, very cold and wet early, followed by extreme heat and drouth. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
Lawn grass had been sown in many of the yards, where it had flourished until the scorching summer drouth. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Others came not at all, for apparently they could subsist through the entire period of drouth without drinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
"Do you carefully tend them, while drouth and frost and lack of nourishment cause your choice plants to wither and die?". From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
"Too late in the season for 'em," Joe declared, not willing to grant even that diversion to the drouth-plagued land of bones. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
This probably is an excellent feature from the standpoint of the plant as it no doubt saves the plant from being killed by drouth. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The whole face of our planet has been reclaimed, and drouth and famine on the one hand and floods on the other are entirely unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
A few years ago a drouth of many weeks occurred; in some meadows and pastures the grass seemed dead, beyond the possibility of growth. From Wordnik.com. [The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure] Reference
Very earnest prayer had caused him to change his mind, and send rain when he had previously concluded to visit the country with drouth. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
But the Lord did not seem to be willing, and one spring He caused a late frost in June to kill most of the seed, and a drouth in July and. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
These trees have been subjected to trying conditions through drouth, competition with alfalfa, late growth and severe winter temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
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