"drey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɹeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drey.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dreys [plural]
enPR: drā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} drey (plural dreys)
  1. (British) A squirrel’s nest, built of twigs in a tree. Tags: British Translations (squirrel's nest): oravan pesä (Finnish), Kobel [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-drey-en-noun-pmNYHoDa Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of "squirrel's nest": 74 26
  2. (Australia) A possum’s nest, built of twigs and leaves in a tree. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-drey-en-noun-rlywDgzS Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 29 71 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dray Derived forms: drey poking

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