Definition of dry

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Dry (superl.) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.

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Ribaudy :: Ribaudy (n.) Ribaldry.
Kiln-dry :: Kiln-dry (v. t.) To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain..
Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected..
Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..
Exsiccate :: Exsiccate (v. t.) To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
Psychrometer :: Psychrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer..
Arefy :: Arefy (v. t.) To dry, or make dry..
Gaudy :: Gaudy (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious..
Pectic :: Pectic (a.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist..
Hamadryades :: Hamadryades (pl. ) of Hamadrya.
Drupe :: Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut..
Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven..
Smoke-dry :: Smoke-dry (v. t.) To dry by or in smoke.
Dry :: Dry (a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay..
Dry-rubbed :: Dry-rubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dry-ru.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
Balderdash :: Balderdash (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.
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