dreen

plural dreens

1. AppalachiaalternativeAlternative form of drain.

   Dreen for drain.

   [1803, George Neville Ussher, The Elements of English Grammar, Galen H. Fay, page 95

   2 more examples

   Tony, Pa moved to Mike's Run, it is a little dreen runs into Patterson crick Mr. Cavett will tell you where.

   1947, Ben Williams, A House Divided, Chicago Review Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 366

   […]the northern shoreline of Big Fresh Pond and the upper reaches of an unnamed brook known locally as the ale-wife dreen.

   2003, Mike Bottini, Trail Guide to the South Fork, Harbor Electronic Publishing, →ISBN, page 30