DEARTHS

Noun

dearths

plural of dearth

Anagrams

• Deharts, hard-set, hardest, hatreds, heardst, hetdars, sharted, threads, trashed

Source: Wiktionary


DEARTH

Dearth, n. Etym: [OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear.]

Definition: Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11. He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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