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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DROUGHT. [See Drouth.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season" [syn: drought, drouth]
2: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" [syn: drought, drouth]

Merriam Webster's

also drouth noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dr?gath, from dr?gian to dry up; akin to Old English dry?ge dry — more at dry Date: before 12th century 1. a period of dryness especially when prolonged; specifically one that causes extensive damage to crops or prevents their successful growth 2. a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired • droughtiness noun • droughty adjective

NOAA Weather Glossary

Abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period  sufficient to cause a serious hydrological (water cycle) imbalance in the affectedarea. This can cause such problems as crop damage and water-supply shortage.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the continuous absence of rain; dry weather. 2 the prolonged lack of something. 3 archaic a lack of moisture; thirst; dryness. Derivatives: droughty adj. Etymology: OE drugath f. dryge DRY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drought Drought, n. [OE. droght, drougth, dru??, AS. druga?, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.] 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. --Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. --Dryden. 2. Thirst; want of drink. --Johnson. 3. Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. --Fuller.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(droughts) A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls. Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here. N-VAR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the "drought of summer" (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

drout. See FAMINE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dryness (of weather), aridity, drouth, want of rain.

Moby Thesaurus

absence, appetite, aridity, aridness, beggary, canine appetite, corkiness, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, deprivation, destitution, dryness, emptiness, empty stomach, famine, hollow hunger, hunger, hungriness, imperfection, impoverishment, incompleteness, juicelessness, lack, need, omission, polydipsia, relish, saplessness, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, starvation, stomach, sweet tooth, tapeworm, taste, thirst, thirstiness, torment of Tantalus, want, wantage, waterlessness, watertight integrity, watertightness