Definition of "drouthy" [drouth•y]

• Droughty, dry (adjective)
• Thirsty (adjective)

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• "The wheel-marks of the trail to Utah often ran parallel with the track, and bones of oxen were bleaching in the sun, the remains of those “whose carcasses fell in the wilderness” on the long and drouthy journey."
• "Fertile soils and spontaneous vegetation, reeking with miasma and overpowering from their odour, we had exchanged for a drouthy wilderness of aloetic and cactaceous plants, where the kolquall and several thorn bushes grew paramount."
• "Devil, whilk is but an ill-omened drouthy name for a tavern."