Definition of dry

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Dry (superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry..

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Siccation :: Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.
Vidonia :: Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe..
Overdry :: Overdry (v. t.) To dry too much.
Modius :: Modius (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck..
Provender :: Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..
Scarious :: Scarious (a.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green..
Gauntlet :: Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics..
Several :: Several (a.) Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place..
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..
Crump :: Crump (a.) Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf..
Hake :: Hake (n.) A drying shed, as for unburned tile..
Dryad :: Dryad (n.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor..
Calabash :: Calabash (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd..
Karreo :: Karreo (n.) One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations..
Mealy :: Mealy (superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato..
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