droun

Scots

Verb

droun (third-person singular simple present drouns, present participle drounin, simple past and past participle drount)

1. drown
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     The grey was swimming; but it seemed the Lord had other purposes for him than death, for neither man nor horse could droun.

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