Dreave Definition
noun
(UK dialectal) A drove.
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(UK dialectal, Scotland) The yearly herring fishing.
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(UK dialectal, Scotland) A shoal of fish; a catch.
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Origin of Dreave
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From Middle English dreven, from Old English drǣfan (“to drive, drive out, expel”), from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to cause to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreibʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Icelandic dreifa (“to spread out, disperse”). More at drive.
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From Middle English draf, from Old English drāf (“a drove, herd”). More at drove.
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