drony

We might have had some dreadful old drony man here, who does not believe in daily services, and wears a wig on his bald head.

The drony voice close beside her acted as a soporific upon her nerves.

But, again I say, do not confound the sweet harmony of the Irish with the drony buzz of the Scotch pipes.

In the 2nd stanza, the beetle's "drony flight" is printed and corrected in the margin into "droning."