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   Drought (drout), n. [OE. droght, drougth, druȝð, AS. drugað, 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.
   
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   The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer.
   
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   In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.
   
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   2. Thirst; want of drink.  Johnson.
   
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   3. Scarcity; lack.
   
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   A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.
   
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