2 July 2017

drey

/dreɪ/

noun

1. a squirrel’s nest

Word Origin
of unknown origin

Collins English Dictionary

Examples from the Web for drey

Historical Examples

Then the poems: Morduth, ein altes heroisches Gedichte in drey Bchern.
Ossian in Germany
Rudolf Tombo

I remember a pair that made a hole in a beech near the tree my drey was in.
Birds and Man
W. H. Hudson

There he had built what he called a nest, but what humans, with greater nicety of diction, call a drey.
“Wee Tim’rous Beasties”
Douglas English

The drey was eminently satisfactory, for, in the summer months, it was completely hidden.
“Wee Tim’rous Beasties”
Douglas English

A boy has taken three little young squirrels in their nest or drey.
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 116, January 17, 1852
Various

Anagram

dyer

Today’s quote

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

– Ernest Hemingway

On this day

2 July 1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship, Amistad. The 49 adults and four children had been captured in Sierra Leone and sold into slavery in Cuba. After commandeering the ship, the men demanded the ship’s navigator (Don Montez) to return them home. Montez deceived them and sailed up the USA east coast to Long Island. The USA took custody of the ship and a court-case ensued over the legal status of the slaves. In 1841, in the case of the United States v The Amistad, the US Supreme Court ruled that the slaves had been illegally transported and held as slaves. The Court ordered them to be freed. 35 of them returned to Africa in 1842.

2 July 1900 – the first Zeppelin flight takes place in Germany.

2 July 1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific while attempting an equatorial round-the-world flight. They had run low on fuel while trying to locate Howland Island. While many suspected they had crashed into the ocean, there is strong evidence to indicate that they may have died as castaways after crash-landing on or near to Gardner Island, 400 nautical miles from Howland Island. This is supported by evidence that there were more than 100 radio calls made by Earhart in the four days after the crash, a female skeleton found on the island and a small piece of fuselage that matches that of Earhart’s plane. The remainder of the plane is suspected of being dragged away from the island by the tides and sinking.

2 July 1961 – death of Ernest Hemingway, American author. He wrote books including ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls‘ and ‘Old Man and the Sea‘. Born 21 July 1899.

2 July 1976 – The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) falls to the Communist North Vietnam, resulting in the formation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.