- dro|gher
- dro|gher «DROH guhr», noun.a slow, clumsy sailing boat of the West Indies.╂[< Middle French drogueur ship that fished and dried herring < Middle Dutch drogher drier]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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gher — bur·gher; bur·gher·hood; bur·gher·ly; dro·gher; gher·kin; bur·gher·master; … English syllables
drogher — dro·gher … English syllables
droger — Drogher Dro gher, n. [Cf. {Drag}.] A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. [Written also {droger}.] Ham … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drogher — Dro gher, n. [Cf. {Drag}.] A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. [Written also {droger}.] Ham. Nar.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dher-2, dherǝ- — dher 2, dherǝ English meaning: to hold, support Deutsche Übersetzung: “halten, festhalten, stũtzen” Material: O.Ind. dhar “hold, stop, bear, carry, prop, support, receive, hold upright “ (present mostly dhüra yati; perf. dadhü… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
chondro- — [kän′drō, kän′drə] [< Gr chondros, cartilage, grain < IE * ghren , extension of base * gher , to rub > GRIND] combining form cartilage [chondroma]: also chondri [kän′drē, kän′dri, kän′drə] or, before a vowel, chondr … English World dictionary
