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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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draimheas, a foul mouth; cf. Ir. drabhas, a wry mouth, dramhaim, I grin. The G. seems from drabh above.
draing, a snarl, grin; see dranndan.
dràm, dram, a dram, Ir. dram; from the Eng.
dramaig, a foul mixture, crowdie (Sh., H.S.D.); from the Sc. dramock.
drannd, dranndan, a hum, snarl, Ir. draint, dranntán, M. Ir. drantaigim, I snarl; from a Celtic *dran, I. E. dhreno-, sound, drone; Eng. drone; Gr. θρῆνος, dirge; Skr. dhraṇ, sound, murmur.
drann, dranna, a word (M'A., Arg.); same as drannd.
draoch, a fretful or ghastly look, hair standing on end, Ir. driuch, fretfulness, angry look: root dhrigh; Gr. θρίξ, τριχός, hair. For meaning, cf. snuadh, hue, hair.
draoi, draoidh, druidh, a magicician, druid, Ir. draoi, gen. pl. druadh, E. Ir. drai, drui, g. druad, Gaul. druides (Eng. druid). Its etymology is obscure. Stokes suggests relationship with Eng. true, G. dearbh, q.v., or with Gr. θρέομαι, cry, (as in drannd, dùrd), or Gr. ἄθρέω, look sharp, Pruss. dereis, see. Thurneysen analyses the word as dru, high, strong, see truaill. Brugmann and Windisch have also suggested the root dru, oak, as Pliny did too, because of the Druids' reverence for the oak tree. Ag. S. drý, magus, is borrowed from the Celtic. draoineach, druineach, artisan, "eident" person (Carm.); draoneach, "any person that practices an art" (Grant), agriculturist; druinneach, artist (Lh.). Ir. druine, art needlework; θρόνα, flowers in embroidery drugs.
draoluinn, delay, tediousness, drawling; from the Eng. drawling, Sc. drawl, to be slow in action, drawlie, slow and slovenly. Dialectic draghlainn, a slovenly person, a mess.
drapuinn, tape; from the Eng. drape.
draos, trash, filth, Ir. draos. Cf. Eng. dross.
dràsda, an dràsda, now, Ir. drásda, M. Ir. trasta, for an tràth sa, this time.
drathais, drawers; from the Eng.
dreach, aspect, Ir. dreach, E. Ir. drech, W. drych, M. Br. derch, *dṛkâ, *dṛkko-, root derk as in dearc, q.v.
drèachd, dreuchd, duty, office, Ir. dréacht, song, O. Ir. drécht, portio, *drempto-, root drep, Gr. δρέπω, pluck, cull (Strachan).
dreag, drèag, a meteor or portent; from the Ag. S. dréag, apparition, Norse draugr, ghost. Also driug.
dreall, dreoll, door-bar, dreallag, a swingle-tree: dṛs-lo-, root der, split, Eng. tree? Cf. W. dryll, *dhruslo, θραυω.
