drave
See also: Drave
English
Verb
drave
- (archaic) simple past of drive
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
- I do not know its name, but the Sahib sat in the midst of three silver wheels that made no creaking, and drave them with his legs, prancing like a bean-fed horse—thus.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
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Scots
Noun
drave (plural draves)
- a drove
Verb
drave
- past tense of drive
- 2016 March 23, Iain W Forde, “Thrie lessons frae Cuba”, in The National[1]:
- A wes daunnerin hame alang the Quenesferrie Rodd eftir skuil whan he drave paust in a limmie wi a swairm o poliss afoir an eftir.
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- 2017 June 7, Wilson Rab, “Glesses clinkt tae famous victory fur heroic Glens”, in The National[2]:
- Earlier that mornin ah'd drave up tae the Co-Op fir ma mornin paper, an the streets wir awaash wi rid an white flags an banners!
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