Webster's Dictionary 1913

6292

Druxey

{ Drux″ey, Drux″y } (?), a. Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; — said of timber. Weale.

6293

Dry

Dry (?), a. [Compar.Drier (?); superl.Driest.] [OE. dru�e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dröge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. Drought, D...

6294

Dry (2)

Dry, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Drying.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See Dry, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and ...

6295

Dry (3)

Dry, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; — said of moisture, or a liquid; — ...

6296

Dry dock

Dry″ dock′ (?). (Naut.) See under Dock.

6297

Dry goods

Dry″ goods′ (?). A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., — in distinction from groceries.

6298

Dry nurse

Dry″ nurse′ (?). A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; — in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

6299

Dry-beat

Dry″–beat′ (?), v. t. To beat severely. Shak.

6300

Dry-boned

Dry″–boned′ (?), a. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.

6301

Dry-eyed

Dry″–eyed′ (?), a. Not having tears in the eyes.

6302

Dry-fisted

Dry″–fist′ed (?), a. Niggardly.

6303

Dry-rub

Dry″–rub′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dry-rubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dry-rubbing.] To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley.

6304

Dry-shod

Dry″–shod′ (?), a. Without wetting the feet.

6305

Dry-stone

Dry″–stone′ (?), a. Constructed of uncemented stone. “Dry-stone walls.” Sir W. Scott.

6306

Dryad

Dry″ad (?), n. [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. �, pl. �, fr. � oak, tree. See Tree.] (Class. Myth.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

6307

Dryandra

‖Dry‐an″dra (?), n. [NL. Named after J. Dryander.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.

6308

Dryas

‖Dry″as (?), n.; pl.Dryades (#). [L. See Dryad.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad.

6309

Dryer

Dry″er (?), n. See Drier. Sir W. Temple.

6310

Dryfoot

Dry″foot (?), n. The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. Shak.

6311

Drying

Dry″ing, a. 1. Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.2. Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.Drying oil, an oil which, either nat...

6312

Dryly

Dry″ly, adv. In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.

6313

Dryness

Dry″ness, n. The state of being dry. See Dry.

6314

Drynurse

Dry″nurse′, v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. Hudibras.

6315

Dryobalanops

‖Dry′o‐bal″a‐nops (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. δρυ̑σ oak + βάλανοσ acorn + ὄψισ appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn in its cup.] (Bot.) The genus to which belongs the sin...

6316

Drysalter

Dry″salt′er (?), n. A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalte...

6317

Drysaltery

Dry″salt′er‐y (?), n. The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

6318

Dryth

{ Dryth (?), orDrith }, n. Drought. Tyndale.