Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Drouth · IPA /dɹaʊθ/ 01 n. Same as Drought. 1. Same as Drought. See: Drought “Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn.” — Bacon. “One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream.” — Milton. “In the dust and drouth of London life.” — Tennyson.