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noun
Ryegrass, darnel, cockle, tare, or wild oats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Grass growing as a weed among corn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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verb
To drench with water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
From Middle English drauke. Possibly from Middle Welsh drewc (“darnel”), in which case related to Gaulish *drāyāka or Latin dravoca. Compare also Dutch dravik.
From Middle Scots drawken, perhaps akin to Old Norse drukna.
