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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drought n 1: a temporary shortage of rainfall 2: a prolonged shortage From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Drought 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}.)
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