a ridge, from _droma_, the back-bone of an animal, cognate with the Lat. _dorsum_; _e.g._ Drumard (high ridge); Dromeen, Drumeen, Drymen (little ridge); Dromore (great ridge); Dromagh and Drumagh (full of ridges); Dromineer, Co. Tipperary, and Drumminer in Aberdeenshire (the ridge of the confluence, _inbhir_); Aughrim, Irish _Each-dhruim_ (the horses’ ridge); Leitrim, _i.e._ _Liath-dhruim_ (gray ridge); Dromanure (the ridge of the yew-tree); Drumderg (red ridge); Drumlane (broad ridge); Drumcliff, _i.e._ _Druim-chluibh_ (the ridge of the baskets); Drummond, common in Ireland and Scotland, corrupt. from _drumen_ (little ridge). In Scotland there are Drumoak (the ridge of St. Mozola, a virgin)--in Aberdeenshire it was originally Dalmaile (the valley of Mozola); Meldrum-Old (bald ridge), in Aberdeenshire; Drem (the ridge in East Lothian); Drumalbin, Lat. _Dorsum-Britanniae_ (the back-bone or ridge of Scotland); Drummelzier, formerly _Dunmeller_ (the fort of Meldredus, who, according to tradition, slew Merlin, whose grave is shown in the parish); Drumblate (the warm ridge, or the flowery ridge); Drumcliff, Co. Sligo, _i.e._ _Druimcliabh_ (the ridge of the baskets). [Sidenote: DRWS (Welsh),] a door or pass; _e.g._ Drws-y-coed (the pass of the wood); Drws-y-nant (of the valley); Drws-Ardudwy (of the black water). [Sidenote: DU (Cym.-Cel.), DUBH (Gadhelic),] black; _e.g._ Ddulas, a river in Wales; Douglas, in Scotland (the black stream); Dubyn (the black lake). [Sidenote: DUB (Sclav.),] the oak; _e.g._ Dubicza, Dubrau, Düben, Dubrow (the place of oak-trees); Teupliz, corrupt. from _Dublize_, with the same meaning; Dobojze, Germanised into _Daubendorf_ (oak village); Dubrawice (oak village); Dubrawka (oak wood), Germanised _Eichenwäldchen_, a colony from Dubrow. In Poland this word takes the form of Dombrowo Dombroka. [Sidenote: DUN (Gadhelic),]