druxey

comparative more druxey · superlative most druxey

1. alternativeAlternative form of druxy.

   […] below, to a considerable distance, creating what is well known to ship-builders and carpenters as druxey rottenness.

   1841, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 115

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   […] and consequently useful for many purposes; yet it is often found very unserviceable, being either shakey, foxey, druxey, worm-eaten, or full of rotten knots; therefore, timber of Euglish growth has certainly the preference; […]

   1815, William Falconer, A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, page 561

   […] and sometimes presenting defective veins of red or druxey, a condition of the wood resulting from knots in the tree, or in […]

   1852, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship-building. In Four Parts ..., page 24