Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To void excrement.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
defecate .
Etymologies
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From late Old English drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītanan. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse drîta, Middle Dutch drîten, and Low German drîten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.
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Witnesses report a doughnut shaped lump of dark chon-drite asteroid, about two kilometers across.
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Scots. To evacuate the faeces. Rhymes with shite.
May 16, 2011